Diving Deep
China’s science ship Tansuo-1， loaded with the manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi （Deep Sea Warrior）， returns to its home harbor in Sanya， south China’s Hainan Province on March 10， after fi nishing its fi rst expedition in the Indian Ocean. The 121-day expedition， organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences， involved scientists from 10 Chinese and foreign research institutes.
Legal Aid for Women
About 361，000 women in China received legal aid in 2018， accounting for 24 percent of the total number of aid recipients， the Ministry of Justice announced.
Judicial authorities at all levels and legal aid institutions around the country made women their work priority with targeted efforts to provide timely， precise and convenient services， the ministry said.
They expanded their services to cover more items that are closely related to the protection of women’s rights and interests， including marriage， education， medical service and abuse， according to the ministry.
Authorities and institutions built legal aid work stations and contact sites to improve the legal service network and make it more convenient for women to seek legal aid.
They also used public legal service platforms and hotlines and dispatched specialist lawyers to offer quality legal services for women， it said.
AI Courts
Chinese courts will use artifi cial intelligence （AI） in trials and the administering of court verdicts in 2019， as part of efforts to improve services and advance the building of smart courts， according to the Supreme People’s Court （SPC） on March 11.
Xu Jianfeng， Director of the SPC Information Center， said that courts will use in-depth applications for electronic fi ling and advance mobile electronic litigation and establish mobile micro courts， allowing intelligent applications to cover all aspects of trials.
In terms of building smart courts， courts will focus on precise execution， constructing holograms of people on trial and linking with the social credit system.
At the same time， combined with face recognition technology， courts will improve integrated services and establish a database to provide identity verifi cation services and share information on citizenship， lawyers， enterprises and judges.
The China Judgements Online website， one of the country’s public judicial platforms， has unveiled over 60 million judgment documents and received more than 20 billion visits.
