The war on judicial corruption is the most urgent work before the courts, Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said at a two-day work conference in Beijing that ended yesterday.

"The fight against corruption is decisive to the undertakings of the people's courts," Wang said at the national conference on team construction attended by presidents of regional higher courts.

"We have to fully understand that the corruption uncovered in some courts and places is not simply isolated phenomena. The battle against corruption will be arduous, complicated and long-term," said Wang, president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC).