In order to adapt to the development and changes of the situation, and ensure unified and correct application of the P.R.C. law, based on the relevant laws and regulations and the real judicial practice needs, the Supreme People’s Court decided to abolish 103 judicial interpretations. This decision took effect on July 20, 2019.

The abolished judicial interpretations include (1) 53 civil judicial interpretations, such as Several Regulations on Strict Enforcement of the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China in Economic Trials, Several Regulations on Issues Concerning the Reform of Civil Economic Trial Methods, etc.; (2) 24 criminal judicial interpretations, such as Response to the Question of Whether Reeducation through Labor Periods can be Converted to Prison Sentence Periods, Response to the Question of How to Determine the Nature of Crimes Committed by Rural Cooperative Foundation Members, etc.; and (3) 26 general and administrative procedure judicial interpretations, such as Visitor Reception Work Specifications of the Supreme Court’s Division of Complaints and Appeals, Regulations on Several Issues Concerning the Jurisdiction of Administrative Cases, etc.

This comprehensive cleanup task focused on solving the inconsistency between certain judicial interpretations and current laws and/or later-promulgated judicial interpretations. The 103 abolished judicial interpretations were mainly (i) inconsistent with current laws, (ii) replaced by later-promulgated judicial interpretations, or (iii) in conflict with later-promulgated judicial interpretations.

Source: gov.cn