Fujian Province Higher People’s Court Advocates“Non-Litigation”

• Author: China Law Digest compiled news

On April 18, the Fujian Higher People’s Court announced that each of the courts under its jurisdiction will more towards a goal of “non-litigation.”

“Non-litigation” originated from Xiamen’s “Non-Litigation Community Program,” where local courts promoted proceedings from “preventing a dispute from becoming a Litigation” to “Reducing Litigation” and then to “Non-Litigation.”

In 2011, Fuijian’s “Non-litigation” pilot program had reached 228 cases and had appointed 748 judges to various communities...