The Second Circuit Court of the
Supreme People's Court
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of the
People's Republic of China
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(), is a
circuit court created in December 2014 and opened on January 31, 2015, in
Shenyang
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, China. It is one of the six
circuit courts established by the
Supreme People's Court
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China (SPC; ) is the highest court of the People's Republic of China. It hears appeals of cases from the high people's courts and is the trial court for cases about matters of nation ...
. It has jurisdiction in the provinces of
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmo ...
,
Jilin
Jilin (; Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three Provinces of China, provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, R ...
, and
Heilongjiang
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.
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Differing from a circuit court in a common law
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jurisdiction, the Second Circuit is part of a pilot program to establish circuit courts of the Supreme People's Court outside Beijing
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, the seat of the national government, with the same level of jurisdiction of the supreme court, i.e. cases decided by the circuit courts are deemed finally decided by the supreme court itself. The pilot program is carried out in an effort to avoid local influences.
The court decided its first case on March 10, 2015, ruling in favor of Lishan branch of Agricultural Bank of China
Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), also known as AgBank, is one of the " Big Four" banks in China. It was founded on 10 July 1951, and has its headquarters in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It has branches throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, ...
in an economic dispute between the branch and Anshan City
Anshan () is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning's third most populous city with a population ...
's power authority. The Court's chief judge is Junior Justice Hu Yunteng.
References
See also
* Judicial system of China
The judicial branch, organized under the constitution and law, is one of five organs of power elected by the People's Congress, in the People's Republic of China.
According to the constitution, the court system is to exercise judicial pow ...
Supreme People's Court
Organizations based in Liaoning
2015 establishments in China
Courts and tribunals established in 2015
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