More than 30 years ago, Deng Xiaoping proposed modernization there are 300,000 lawyers. Today, the grand vision has become a reality.
On March 30, in the Nineth national lawyer Congress, revealed in his speech, Meng jianzhu, Secretary of the central political and Legislative Affairs Committee, at present, the national law firm, has increased from the beginning of the reform and opening up over more than 70 to 24,000, lawyers in the development of more than 200 people to 297,000 people.
18 third, Plenum of lawyers has made a series of major decisions and arrangements for the direction of lawyers work in. After the 2015 National Conference for lawyers, "two high three" joint guarantee lawyers ' rights rules, law enforcement agencies have issued implementing rules, actively building a new type of relationship between law enforcement and police officers and lawyers.
In this law Congress, Member of the central political and Legislative Affairs Committee in addition to members of the army and the armed police system, all attended the opening ceremony, congratulated the Conference, this is the first time in the history of the national lawyers Convention. "It makes us feel more attention of the legal profession. "The all-China Lawyers Association, Vice President of the Hubei Lawyers Association Yanagidaira said, with the overall advancement of the rule of law and" along the way "-building development, lawyers will be very promising.
On March 30, the Nineth national lawyers Congress opens in Beijing. Meng jianzhu, Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the central political and Legislative Affairs Committee, attended the meeting and spoke. Hao Fan Photo
"The new relationship is being established for judicial officers and lawyers"
Yanagidaira lawyer with more than 30 years of practicing experience feel that over the past six months there was a significant change: judicial officers and lawyers of the new relationship being built up gradually. Chain home customers said after signing exclusive
In January this year, when he was in Wuhan District Court to attend the trial, when after the presiding judge called a recess, a Marshal because of misunderstanding, conflicts with his speech, he was Marshal brought to an isolation room. About half an hour, Court Presidents and Vice-Presidents to the isolation room, comment said to him: "we understand that this is a misunderstanding, you old lawyers, when this happens, our courts would like to hear any comments you have, do you think that we have to impose accountability on Marshal? "
He implementation of Meng jianzhu, Wuhan City in 2015 when the spirit of the National Conference on law, procuratorial and judicial system provisions promoting the protection of lawyers ' rights to stay. "This has obvious changes compared to a few years ago, before or to be isolated for some time, would not come out. "Yanagidaira says this is Meng jianzhu, Secretary of the Conference on the lawyers to set up judicial embodiment of the new relationship with lawyers, judges and judicial authorities established communication mechanisms, and resolve in a timely manner a lawyer in practice in the course of difficult problems and incidents encountered, true respect for lawyers, maintains the lawyers ' right.
From August 20, 2015 21st, "two by two" joint national conference for lawyers, this is the first time in the history of lawyers in our country. Meng jianzhu said at the meeting emphasized that the protection of lawyers ' rights, the most important thing is practice law lawyers right in place. He also gives law enforcement agencies in the investigation stage, the stage of review and prosecution, the trial phase, and how to protect lawyers ' rights put forward detailed requirements.
On September 15, 2015, the deep restructuring of the 16th meeting of the views on deepening the reform of lawyers system which States that the Solicitors ' rights of the practical implementation of legal provisions in place to ensure that violations of lawyer's rights can be corrected in a timely manner.
The next day, "two high three" jointly promulgated on the legal provisions on the protection of lawyers ' rights and on how to guarantee the right to lawyer information, applications, complaints, as well as interview, reading, collecting evidence and ask, cross-examine and debate to make full provisions, identify the lawyers ' right protection measures. Since then, the law enacted to protect lawyers ' rights rules, actively building new law enforcement and police officers and lawyers.
"This series of initiatives to enhance the confidence in which lawyers practise, improve the safety of lawyers in lawsuits, lawyers raised enthusiasm in the service. "Yanagidaira commented.
Figure for the pre-session, Meng jianzhu met with participants in the Conference.
Meng jianzhu, Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the central political and Legislative Affairs Committee, attended the meeting and spoke.
Lawyers in the construction of Government governed by law no substitute
Yanagidaira lawyer has two special labels on TOU: he is the first legal adviser, Wuhan, is also Chief Legal Adviser of the Wuhan municipal government.
Since 1996 has served as legal adviser to the Government of Wuhan City, and 20 years, he has four Governments, seven mayors, felt Government Legal Adviser on the ideas and attitudes change.
"In the past although cases of agents, but more documents, propaganda labels, legal counsel, unlike now enter Government build settings, administration by law, respond to emergencies according to law, according to troubleshoot issues, and legal counsel's role into full play. "Yanagidaira said that legal advisers are becoming a Government think tank, law enforcement officers, resolve the knotty issue of helpers.
In 2015, the city issued regulations, standardized management over to the city's more than 70,000 elevator. Yanagidaira said that in the past, such a high technical content regulations, University and Government to pay more attention to scientific research and expert opinion, but this time, because he was a legal counsel, was invited to participate.
He once found that the draft regulations to safety management duty unit and an operational level to the community, he recognized that the set is not scientific enough.
"As autonomous organizations of community residents, and elevator safety management should be government agencies, relevant government departments should be sent or commissioned personnel time management. "Yanagidaira said that he combined with practical experience, administrative law enforcement issues of the legality and propriety of the subject. Wuhan in drawing up the regulations adopted his views.
Yanagidaira says really play a role of counsel, government departments have attached great importance to and fully trust. In 2015, he led the legal team to undertake the Wuhan municipal office legal counsel throughout the system, because the service is professional, timely, the other side satisfaction, before the March contract will soon expire at the end of the year, Wuhan national tax systems on the phone, he has to collect legal fees this year.
18 plenary session on promoting the rule of law, adopted a number of decisions on major issues clearly: "actively promote the Government legal system, establishing government legislative bodies for subject, involving experts and lawyers in legal counsel team, ensuring legal counsel in formulating major administration decisions play a positive role, promoting administration according to law. "
Central politics and law work Conference on January 22 this year for the first time invited the representatives of 7 lawyers attended the meeting, which is seen as a microcosm of lawyers actively participate in the construction of rule of law in China.
Yanagidaira think, advance rule of law Government construction, is to let Government of each a specific of administrative behavior are in legal framework Xia purposes, are can guarantees people of interests, and lawyer in practice industry process in the accumulated has large of litigation and non-litigation of legal experience, as Government Counsel, he has other professional field people not alternative of advantage, so in rule of law Government construction in the, lawyer has not replaced of role.
Lawyer career development opportunities
In this year's national lawyer Congress, Meng jianzhu, also revealed that the majority of lawyers 2015 results: for all types of litigation 330duowanjian, nearly 1 million non-litigation legal Affairs, legal aid case 50duowanjian, 500,000 Government Counsel departments, social organizations, enterprises and institutions that participated in the conciliation to resolve a large number of cases of disputes and petition.
Meng jianzhu, said General Counsel to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties, safeguard social fairness and justice, promoting the construction of the rule of law, has made an important contribution to promoting economic and social development.
National Lawyers Conference in 2015, Meng jianzhu, former lawyers of "encouragement". He said, at present in the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, full of basic rule of law, safeguarding role of Attorney is facing an unprecedented development opportunity.
Meng said China is the world's second largest economy, growing foreign related legal Affairs, national proficiency for foreign business of less than 3,000 lawyers, in urgent need of a large number of good at handling foreign-related legal services lawyer. In addition, from the perspective of practice, Chinese courts handled 8.5 million a year in civil and commercial cases, counsel of less than 2 million, lawyers serving the masses there is a vast space and economic development.
Meng jianzhu, also believes that with deep adjustment of interest relationship, social conflict-prone-prone, this urgent need for lawyers using legal expertise, resolve contradictions and disputes. "From the new requirements of the rule of law and lawyers but also in promoting the construction of rule of law aspects of play to their own advantages, to provide more services. "