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Copyright 2015 by Stanford University
Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court
Concerning Work on Case Guidance
(Discussed and Passed by the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People’s Court
on November 15, 2010 and Issued on November 26, 2010)
CHINA GUIDING CASES PROJECT
English Guiding Cases Rules
June 12, 2015 Edition*
* The citation of this document is: 《最高人民法院关于案例指导工作的规定》 (Provisions of the
Supreme People’s Court Concerning Work on Case Guidance), passed by the Adjudication Committee of the
Supreme People’s Court on Nov. 15, 2010, issued on and effective as of Nov. 26, 2010, CHINA GUIDING CASES
PROJECT, English Guiding Cases Rules, June 12, 2015 Edition, available at http://cgc.law.stanford.edu/guiding-
cases-rules/20101126-english/.
This document was translated into English by Yingdi Qi, Jordan Corrente Beck, and Dr. Mei Gechlik. A
few words included in square brackets and some translators’ notes were added to make the piece more
comprehensible to readers. The following text, otherwise, is a direct translation of the original text. We thank
Garret Anderson, Brain Timm-Brock, and Ralph Wang for preparing earlier versions.
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In order to summarize adjudication experiences, unify the application of law, enhance
adjudication quality, and safeguard judicial impartiality, [the Supreme People’s Court], pursuant
to legal provisions including the Organic Law of the People’s Courts of the People’s Republic of
China, [hereby] formulates this [set of] Provisions to carry out work on case guidance.
Article 1
Guiding Cases, which have guiding effect on adjudication and enforcement work in
courts throughout the country, shall be determined and uniformly released by the Supreme
People’s Court.
Article 2
The Guiding Cases referred to in this [set of] Provisions [must be] rulings and judgments
that have already come into legal effect and meet the following requirements:
(1) are of widespread concern to society;
(2) [involve] legal provisions [that] are of relatively general nature;
(3) are of a typical nature;1
(4) are difficult, complicated, or of new types; [or]
(5) other cases which have guiding effect.
Article 3
The Supreme People’s Court shall establish the Office for the Work on Case Guidance,
which shall be in charge of such work as the selection, review, and submission for approval of
Guiding Cases.
Article 4
Each adjudication unit of the Supreme People’s Court may recommend to the Office for
the Work on Case Guidance a ruling or judgment of the [Supreme People’s] Court or of a local
1 Translators’ note: while requirement (5) is a catch-all item, it is unclear from the original text whether
“and” or “or” is implied here, i.e., it is not clear whether requirements (1)-(4) must all be met.
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people’s court at any level that has already come into legal effect and is deemed [by the said unit]
to meet the [requirements] set out in Article 2 of this [set of] Provisions.
Each Higher People’s Court and the Military Court of the People’s Liberation Army may,
following discussion and determination by the adjudication committee of the said court,
recommend to the Office for the Work on Case Guidance of the Supreme People’s Court a ruling
or judgment of the said court or of a people’s court in its jurisdiction that has already come into
legal effect and is deemed [by the said court] to meet the [requirements] set out in Article 2 of
this [set of] Provisions.
[Each] Intermediate People’s Court and Basic People’s Court may, following discussion
and determination by the adjudication committee of the said court, report to the Higher People’s
court level by level and suggest that [the Higher People’s Court] recommend to the Office for the
Work on Case Guidance of the Supreme People’s Court a ruling or judgment of the said court
that has already come into legal effect and is deemed [by it] to meet the [requirements] set out in
Article 2 of this [set of] Provisions.
Article 5
Representatives of people’s congresses, members of committees of the political
consultative conference, experts, scholars, lawyers, and other people from all circles of society
who care about the adjudication and enforcement work of people’s courts may recommend a
ruling or judgment of a people’s court that has already come into legal effect and is deemed [by
the said individual] to meet the [requirements] set out in Article 2 of this [set of] Provisions to
the original people’s court which rendered such ruling or judgment.
Article 6
The Office for the Work on Case Guidance should promptly put forward [its] review
opinions on the recommended cases. Where [a case] meets the [requirements] set out in Article
2 of this [set of] Provisions, [the Office] should report to the President or the Vice President-in-
charge and request that [he or she] submit [the case] to the Adjudication Committee of the
Supreme People’s Court for discussion and determination.
The Guiding Cases discussed and determined by the Adjudication Committee of the
Supreme People’s Court shall be uniformly released in the form of announcements in the Gazette
of the Supreme People’s Court, on the website of the Supreme People’s Court, and in the
People’s Court Daily.
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Article 7
People’s courts at all levels should refer to the Guiding Cases released by the Supreme
People’s Court when adjudicating similar cases.
Article 8
The Office for the Work on Case Guidance of the Supreme People’s Court shall carry out
the compilation of Guiding Cases annually.
Article 9
Those cases that have significance in guiding the adjudication and enforcement work of
courts nationwide and that have been released by the Supreme People’s Court prior to the
implementation of this [set of] Provisions shall be sorted and compiled in accordance with this
[set of] Provisions and then issued as Guiding Cases.
Article 10
This [set of] Provisions shall be implemented from the date of issuance.