The Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China is a
government ministry
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...
under the
State Council of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
which is responsible for legal affairs. The range of responsibilities include judicial process, drafting legislation, developing legal framework, participating in national and international treaties, prosecution and sentencing.
The ministry also ensures the maintenance and improvement of China's system of law and justice and its
national security
National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and Defence (military), defence of a sovereign state, including its Citizenship, citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of ...
.
History
On October 30, 1949, the Ministry of Justice of the
Central People's Government
The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...
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 the People's Republic of China
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is the supreme law of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In September 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted the Common Progr ...
adopted at the first session of the
First National People's Congress. In 1959, the judicial administrative organs were abolished, and in 1979, the Standing Committee of the
Fifth National People's Congress decided to re-establish the Ministry of Justice.
In March 2018, the
Legislative Affairs Office
Legislative Affairs Office (法制办公室) was an administrative office within the State Council of the People's Republic of China which assisted the premier in providing legal advice and administrative laws to govern the behaviour of government ...
of the State Council was absorbed into the MOJ as part of the
.
Organization
The executive head of the ministry is the Minister of Justice.
The MOJ houses the Office of the
Central Comprehensive Law-based Governance Commission.
The (司法部监狱管理局) operates national prisons in China, except the
Qincheng Prison
The Ministry of Public Security Qincheng Prison () is a maximum-security prison located in Qincheng Village, Xingshou, Changping District, Beijing in the People's Republic of China. The prison was built in 1958 with aid from the Soviet Union ...
, which is administered by the
Ministry of Public Security
Ministry of Public Security can refer to:
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* Ministry of Public Security (China)
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.
As of 2024, Fan Lübing (范履冰) is the head of the department.
Home page
. Bureau of Prison Administration. Retrieved on Jan 20, 2024. "局 长：范履冰"
Organizational structure
See also
* Chinese law
Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. The core of modern Chinese law is based on Germanic-style civil law, socialist law, and traditional Chinese approaches. For most of the history of China, its legal system has ...
* Judicial system of China
The judiciary of the People's Republic of China (PRC), organized under the constitution and organic law, is one of five organs of state power elected by the National People's Congress (NPC). The PRC does not have judicial independence or jud ...
* Law of the People's Republic of China
The Law of the People's Republic of China, officially referred to as the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, is the legal regime of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
C ...
* Law enforcement in China
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...
* '' Legal Daily''
* Legal history of China
The origin of the current law of the People's Republic of China can be traced back to the period of the early 1930s, during the establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic. In 1931 the first supreme court was established. Though the contempora ...
* National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination
References
External links
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Justice
In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...
Legal organizations based in China
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
Ministries established in 1949
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...