The Supreme People's Court and the State Archives Administration's "Regulations on the Storage Period of People's Court Litigation Files" provide that the storage period of litigation files is divided into three types: permanent, long-term, and short-term. According to the characteristics of the People's Court litigation files, all litigation files that need to be used for a long time are classified as permanent storage.
All litigation files that require long-term access and use are classified as long-term storage, and the storage period is 60 years. All litigation files that need to be accessed and used within a relatively short period of time are classified as short-term storage for 30 years.
According to Article 2 of the "Regulations of the Supreme People's Court on Evidence in Civil Litigation", the parties concerned have the responsibility to provide evidence for the facts on which their own claims are based or the facts on which they refute the other party's claims.
If there is no evidence or the evidence is insufficient to prove the facts determined by the parties, the party who bears the burden of proof shall bear the adverse consequences. This article is about the burden of proof in civil cases. To put it bluntly, whoever makes the claim must provide evidence.
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Case files are divided according to the political and scientific research value of the case;
1. Cases approved by the party committees of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are permanent.
2. Permanent cases with significant influence in the political movements since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and general cases with a long duration in the political movements since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
3. Difficult cases where the direct evidence is insufficient and the indirect evidence is sufficient, the approval of the verdict is permanent.
4. Analog cases approved by the Supreme People’s Court are permanent.
5. Typical cases embodying the policy of combining leniency with severity are permanent.
6. An unjust, false or wrongful conviction vindicated after review is permanent.
7. Amnesty cases are permanent
8. The people's courts at higher levels will permanently handle criminal complaint cases directly.