The sixth China Judgment Enforcement Forum, organized by the Execution Behavior Research Association of the China Behavior Law Association (CBLA), the Judgment Enforcement Department of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People’s Court, opened in Nanjing on Jan 8.

Jiang Bixin, Chairman of the CBLA and vice-president of the SPC, Xu Qianfei, head of the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People’s Court, as well as more than 150 judges and legal experts from research associations and universities attended the event.

Liu Guixiang, a member of the SPC’s Judicial Committee and director of the Judgment Enforcement Department of the top court, chaired the opening ceremony.

Jiang Bixin, vice-president of the top court, spoke highly of the Execution Behavior Research Association for its long-term contribution to theoretical research into enforcement as well as to its practical implementation. He said he hopes the forum and the association could provide support for reform of the enforcement system through academic studies establishing guidelines for innovations and driving sustainable development in the enforcement area.

In his speech, Jiang also urged “problem-oriented” and systematic thinking in solving practical matters. He stressed the importance of taking precautions against new problems that may occur when planning a new system. Only in this way can the achievements of theoretical research be put into practice.

Liu Guixiang highlighted the coerciveness of judgment enforcement and urged the use of information technology and the Internet to punish those who refuse to comply with judgments, as well as a more normalized enforcement process, so as to improve openness and transparency.

Liu added that it’s necessary to differentiate between poor judgment enforcement procedures and having difficulties in judgment enforcement, and urged greater effort on effective execution of all or most court decisions.

The forum received a total of 632 academic papers, including more than 130 which had won awards, on the theme of judicial reform and innovation of enforcement theory.