Judicial reform focuses on strengthening rule of law

Wang Jian, a small-business owner from Sichuan province who is stuck in a lengthy lawsuit, is eagerly waiting for news about an upcoming Party session that is set to focus on the rule of law.

"My case is a contract dispute," he said. "It is not very complicated, but has kept me in court for more than two years. I hope the meeting will produce concrete measures on judicial reform to help people like me."

The fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is set to open on Monday to discuss the rule of law. It will be the first Party session to take the rule of law as its theme.