Zhang Jun has been the president of the Supreme People’s Court since March 2023, and his priorities and policy preferences are starting to come into focus.
Decoding the Supreme People’s Court’s Services and Safeguards Opinions
Over the past seven years, the Supreme People’s Court has issued almost 30 documents that contain the phrase “judicial services and safeguards.” These documents have received little attention but they represent what is becoming the SPC’s most important function in the Xi Jinping era: translating Chinese Communist Party policies into guidance for lower-level courts.