The circuit area of the Supreme People's Court Third Circuit Court is Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces 1 city. East China has a high level of economic and social development, a high degree of regional open cooperation and a dense population. It is the most economically developed area in China and the core area of major national development strategies such as the Belt and Road Construction, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the construction of a free trade pilot zone. There are many major cross-administrative cases and new complicated cases.
The Third Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court is a permanent judicial institution sent by the Supreme People's Court. It accepts the leadership and supervision of the the Supreme People's Court headquarters and exercises judicial power on behalf of the Supreme People's Court. Its judgments, rulings and decisions have the same legal effect as those made by the Supreme People's Court Headquarters.
The circuit court shall hear or handle the following cases that should be accepted by the Supreme People's Court in the circuit area:
(1) Major and complicated administrative cases of first instance in China;
(2) Civil and commercial cases of first instance with great influence in the whole country;
(3) An appeal case that refuses to accept the administrative or civil and commercial judgment or ruling of the Higher People's Court of first instance;
(4) Cases applying for retrial of legally effective administrative or civil and commercial judgments, rulings or conciliation statements of the Higher People's Court;
(5) Criminal appeal cases;
(6) Cases filed for retrial according to law;
(seven) cases of applying for reconsideration of the decision of the higher people's court on fines and detention;
(8) Cases submitted by the Higher People's Court to the Supreme People's Court for judgment or ruling due to jurisdictional issues;
(nine) cases submitted by the Higher People's Court for approval to extend the trial period;
(10) Civil and commercial cases and judicial assistance cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;
(eleven) other cases that the Supreme People's Court believes should be tried or handled by the circuit court.
The circuit court handles letters and visits from the Supreme People's Court in the circuit area according to law.
reference data
Third Circuit Court. The Supreme People's Court [citation time 2018-1-1]