Ministry of Justice (China)

The Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China is a government ministry under the State Council responsible for legal affairs.

The Central People's Government established the Ministry of Justice in October 1949. The ministry assumed its current form in September 1954. In 1959, the Ministry of Justice, along with judicial administrative organs, was abolished. It was restored in 1979. The ministry's range of responsibilities include judicial process, drafting legislation, developing legal framework, participating in national and international treaties, prosecution and sentencing.

On October 30, 1949, the Ministry of Justice of the Central People's Government was established; in September 1954, it was transformed into the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China in accordance with the Constitution of China adopted at the first session of the 1st National People's Congress. In 1959, the judicial administrative organs were abolished. In 1979, the Standing Committee of the 5th National People's Congress decided to re-establish the Ministry of Justice.^[1] In March 2018, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council was absorbed into the MOJ as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.^[2]

The range of responsibilities of the Ministry of Justice include judicial process, drafting legislation, developing legal framework, participating in national and international treaties, prosecution and sentencing.^[3] The ministry also ensures the maintenance and improvement of China's system of law and justice and its national security.^[3]

The executive head of the ministry is the Minister of Justice.^[2] The MOJ houses the Office of the Central Comprehensive Law-based Governance Commission.^[2] The MOJ Bureau of Prison Administration (司法部监狱管理局) operates national prisons in China, except the Qincheng Prison, which is administered by the Ministry of Public Security.^[2] As of 2024, Fan Lübing (范履冰) is the head of the department.^[4]

• القانون الصيني
• النظام القضائي في الصين
• قانون جمهورية الصين الشعبية
• إنفاذ القانون في الصين
• صحيفة قانونية يومية
• التاريخ القانوني للصين
• امتحان التأهيل المهني القانوني الموحد الوطني

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