On November 16th and 17th, the 3rd Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Criminal Defense Seminar was held in Beijing. Cui Yang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, Gao Zicheng, President of All-China Lawyers Association, He Wei, Member of the Party Group and Deputy Prosecutor General of Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate, Sun Lingling, Member of the Party Group and Vice President of Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court, Li Feng, Member of the Party Committee and Vice Director of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, Zhang Weidong, Member of the Party Committee, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Municipal Lawyers Association, and Liu Yanling, Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association, Supervisor Yu Duan, President of Tianjin Lawyers Association Niu Tongxu, President of Hebei Lawyers Association Zhang Jinlong attended the opening ceremony.
Mr. Tian Wenchang, Honorary Director of King&Capital Law Firm, was invited to give a lecture, Mr. Xu Ying, Senior Partner, made a keynote speech, Mr. Liang Yali, Mr. Tang Jianbin, Mr. Xia Jun, Senior Partners, Mr. Fu Qingtao, Mr. Wang Jiaming, Associates, Mr. Zhang Kai, Mr. Wang Siyu, etc. attended the meeting.
Mr. Tian Wenchang, Honorary Director of King&Capital Law Firm, reviewed the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law from the macro level of the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, and as a participant of the legislation for many times and a person who has experienced it, he cited in detail the problems in the three revisions of China's Criminal Procedure Law, and revealed the philosophical differences that existed therein. Tian Wenchang emphasized that the concept of criminal procedure will directly affect the direction of the revision of the criminal procedure law, in the criminal procedure system reform into the deep water period of the important historical stage, the concept of updating has become an inevitable subject and problem, the concept of updating the way out of the dilemma of amending the law is a must. The participants were deeply inspired.
Xu Ying, a senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm, made a keynote speech on “Substantiation and Improvement Path of Trial in the Second Instance of Criminal Cases” in the thematic seminar on “Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law”. Xu Ying pointed out that the substance of the trial is the basic requirement and key link of the reform of the criminal procedure system which is “trial-centered”, and the substance of the trial is required to be carried out in the whole court proceedings, including not only the first trial, but also the second trial. However, our country's second instance trial in practice by the litigation resources and litigation efficiency of the elbow, and the appeal case is not heard, the trial procedure simplified and other practical problems of the impact of the second instance trial formality, procedural problems objectively exists. Ms. Xu Ying puts forward her observations and thoughts on improving the rate of second instance trials and promoting the implementation of the materialization of second instance trials.
Some lawyers from King&Capital Law Firm attended the seminar.
With the theme of “professional standardization and collaborative development - the revision of the criminal procedure law and the new development of criminal defense”, the seminar focused on “the development and standardization of criminal defense business” and “the revision of the criminal procedure law”. The symposium set up seminars, keynote speeches, lectures and other links around the theme of “Development and Standardization of Criminal Defense Practice” and “Revision of Criminal Procedure Law”. The Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Supreme People's Court, the Municipal Procuratorate, the Municipal Higher People's Court and other relevant departments, Tsinghua University, China University of Political Science and Law, Nankai University and other renowned colleges and universities, and Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei lawyers more than 400 people attended the meeting. The meeting combined with the background of the revision of the criminal procedure law, as well as the characteristics of the development of the criminal defense system under the new situation, focusing on the standardization of criminal defense lawyers, hotspots of the revision of the criminal procedure law, from the basic principles to the specific system, from the macroscopic to the microscopic, on the advancement of trial-centered reform of the litigation system, plea bargaining, the evidence system, the system of witnesses in the courtroom, the system of the second trial session, the disposal of property involved in the case, etc., and carried out an in-depth discussion. In-depth and detailed discussions were held.
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