On February 27, 2024, the Supreme People's Court held a
press conference to announce that the People's Court case
database is officially launched and open to the public (http://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn).
The People's Court case database contains authoritative
cases, including guiding cases and reference cases, that have been
reviewed by the Supreme People's Court and deemed to have
reference and demonstrative value for similar cases. Currently,
there are 3,711 cases in the database, including 1,453 criminal
cases (39.15%), 1,643 civil cases (44.27%), 405 administrative
cases (10.91%), 23 state compensation cases (0.62%), 187 execution
cases (5.04%).
The Supreme People's Court requires that when hearing a
case, judges must search the case database and make decisions with
reference to similar cases in the database. This is of great
significance in promoting the unification of adjudication rules and
standards and avoiding "different adjudication of the same
facts."
