Closer Look: Party's Judicial Reforms Mean Giving Provinces More Say

(Beijing) – Judicial reforms mentioned in a document released after a major Communist Party meeting will put the management of court funding and personnel in the hands of provincial officials, a judge in the nation's highest court says.

The third full meeting of the party's 18th Central Committee closed on November 12 and days later Xinhua released a document detailing the decisions finalized at the conclave. The document listed 60 reform items in 16 categories, ranging from changes to the one-child policy to having state-owned enterprises turn more of their profits over to the state.