Reform comes into effect as cases are filed more quickly

Supreme People's Court May 1 guideline gets underway, and more than 1.13 million lawsuits have been accepted

Lawyer Lin Zhida could not believe that an administrative case he represented was filed within just seven days.

The speedier filing was the result of changes that took effect on May 1, when courts began to adopt simpler procedures under a reform aimed at removing unnecessary legal barriers.