What they say

Editor's Note: The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee invited representatives of Party members from judicial administrative departments to meet journalists and answer questions on following the CPC leadership and remaining true to the original aspiration of serving the people on Wednesday.

My major job is to help neighbors and family members mediate disputes. Such cases seem trivial, but they're not easy to solve. A better way to end the disputes, is trying the best to understand what people urgently need and put myself in their shoes. While explaining legal knowledge to them, taking their moods into consideration is also a must. I'll continue taking a people-centered approach to do something useful for people to improve their sense of fulfillment, happiness and security.

Tan Xiuyun, head of the West Chang'an Avenue Justice Station in Beijing's Xicheng district

I've been voluntarily offering legal aid to people in rural areas, including the Tibet autonomous region and Inner Mongolia autonomous region, for seven years, as I want to go wherever I am needed most to help local residents solve disputes and meet their legal demands. Our country has about 540,000 lawyers, but there are 74 counties without attorneys in Tibet. Providing legal services for people in great need, I think, is what a lawyer as well as a Party member should do in advancing the rule of law.

Zhang Yi, lawyer from the Beijing branch of Tianjin Yiqing Law Firm

I've participated in drafting more than 20 laws and regulations related to economically important industries in the past 17 years. My job is to explain to the public what should be protected, restricted, supported and punished through lawmaking. In the process, every walk of life can voice their opinions and complaints about the industries, as in this way laws will truly help those involved solve problems in practical ways. For example, some legislators worked with express deliverymen to understand their job and life in 2017, when we drafted a regulation for the industry. After the document came out, a few deliverymen told me they felt the regulation was closer to them and good for the development of the industry.

An Ning, deputy head of the Second Bureau of Legislation at the Ministry of Justice

I've been engaged in administrative reviews for about two decades. Helping residents solve disputes with government agencies, in my view, is a key step in advancing the rule of law and good for improving law-based governance. Administrations that harm people's legitimate rights and interests must not be tolerated, and our work flow in reconsidering cases has also been required to become more transparent to welcome public supervision. Our aim is to ensure people can feel justice in every review and build a communication bridge between the people and government departments.

Pang Lei, head of the administrative reconsideration and response division at the Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau

I've introduced laws, regulations and policies to grassroots areas for more than 20 years. I established a school in 2013, translating legal documents into books to make it easier for people from the Yi ethnic group to understand them and help solve their disputes. I didn't leave my work post for too long, even though I got a lung cancer in March 2016, as I thought residents in mountainous areas needed me and laws. What knowledge related to laws people want to know and what legal services they urgently need is what I provide for them and also my original aspiration in being a Party member.

Dimo Gege, official from the justice bureau in Jinkouhe district, Leshan, Sichuan province