China News Service, Xi'an, November 14 (Reporters Zhang Yichen and Yang Yingqi) "The High-tech Zone is not only the core engine of scientific and technological innovation in Shaanxi Province and Xi'an City, but also the main front for reform, opening up, and economic development. Innovation in the rule of law is the core driving force of its new stage of development." said Zhao Lei, Party Secretary and President of the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court (referred to as: Xi'an Intermediate Court).
Xi'an Intermediate People's Court and the Management Committee of Xi'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone signed the "Judicial Service Guarantee Agreement for Jointly Building a Regional Science and Technology Innovation Center" on the 13th, and released typical cases to assist the high-quality development of Xi'an High-tech Zone. Zhao Lei said that this campus-district collaboration is a pragmatic move to integrate judicial security into the overall regional development, protect regional development with a higher level of legal rule, and achieve breakthroughs in new tracks.
The picture shows the scene of the signing ceremony. Photo by Yang Yingqi
Zhao Lei believes that by integrating the innovation advantages of the High-tech Zone with the legal power of Xi'an courts, we must strengthen judicial protection for scientific and technological innovation and promote the development of new productive forces; give full play to the effectiveness of comprehensive tribunals and enhance regional source governance capabilities; cultivate foreign-related legal talents and build a highland for the resolution of international commercial disputes; promote diversified resolution of disputes and ensure high-quality life for the people.
It is understood that Xi'an Court will focus on the development layout of Xi'an New Area, adhere to interoperability and sharing, and create a stable and predictable development environment; improve joint dispute mediation, one-stop diversified resolution, and joint processing of key cases to create an efficient and diversified dispute resolution platform; improve the collaborative governance system of administration and justice, and promote the deep integration of regional legal construction and science and technology innovation economy.
Li Hua, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xi'an High-tech Zone, said that the signing of the agreement by the two parties marks that the legal guarantee system for scientific and technological innovation in the High-tech Zone has entered a new stage of collaborative construction, precise escort, and full-chain protection. The High-tech Zone will work with courts and other units to establish working mechanisms for normalized consultation, clue transfer, source management, and information sharing to promote the transformation of agreement terms into practical measures that can be implemented, tested, and replicated.
At the meeting, the two parties signed the "Judicial Service Guarantee Agreement for Jointly Building the Regional Science and Technology Innovation Center", which covers eight major aspects, including deepening party building collaboration, improving the organizational guarantee system, smoothing information exchange and sharing channels, strengthening source governance, building a diversified dispute resolution structure, building a strong defense line against major risks, jointly conducting research and popularizing the law, and improving the case trial mechanism in the core area of the regional science and technology innovation center.
The meeting also released 6 typical cases of optimizing the business environment, covering key areas such as carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, building a powerful aerospace nation, and biomedicine and health industries. This not only reflects the people's courts' strict and fair administration of justice, but also provides judicial guidance for the stable and long-term development of key industries.
