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The Ministry of Justice is the State Council in charge of national judicial administration Component departments. According to the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Regulations on the Main Responsibilities, Internal Organizations and Staffing of the Ministry of Justice" (Guobanfa [2008] No. 64), the main functions are as follows: (1) Formulating judicial administration work Guidelines and policies, draft relevant laws and regulations, formulate departmental regulations, formulate development plans for judicial administration and organize their implementation.
(2) Responsible for the management of prisons nationwide and assume corresponding responsibilities, supervise and manage the execution of sentences and the rehabilitation of criminals.
(3) Responsible for guiding and supervising the management of drug treatment facilities in the judicial administration system.
(4) Formulate a national plan for popularizing legal knowledge and organize its implementation, and guide legal publicity, law-based governance and external legal publicity in various regions and industries.
(5) Responsible for guiding and supervising the work of lawyers and notaries and assuming corresponding responsibilities, and responsible for the entrustment and management of lawyers in Hong Kong and Macao as authorized notaries.
(6) Supervise and manage national legal aid work.
(7) Guide and supervise the construction of grassroots judicial offices and work on people’s mediation, community corrections, grassroots legal services, placement assistance and education, etc.
(8) Organize and implement the national judicial examination.
(9) Supervise and manage the registration and management of judicial experts and judicial appraisal institutions nationwide.
(10) Participate in the drafting and negotiation of relevant international treaties on judicial assistance, and perform the relevant duties of the central agency designated by the treaty on judicial assistance.
(11) Guide the external exchanges and cooperation of the judicial administration system, organize and participate in exchange activities in the United Nations Crime Prevention Organization and the criminal justice field, and undertake judicial administrative affairs involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
(12) Responsible for the management of firearms, ammunition, clothing, and police vehicles in the judicial administration system, and guide and supervise the planning and financial work of the judicial administration system.
(13) Guide and supervise the construction of the judicial administration team and the construction of ideological and work styles; be responsible for the police management and police inspection of the judicial administration system, and assist the justice departments (bureaus) of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government ) manage leading cadres.
(14) Undertake other matters assigned by the State Council.