Court streamlines reduced sentences, paroles

China's information-sharing platform for handling parole applications and sentence commutations was launched on Thursday, with the aim of improving judicial transparency and reducing trivial matters in legal systems.

The platform not only helps Chinese courts collect and locate information but serves as a bridge to connect courts, prosecutors and prisons, according to the Supreme People's Court.

"Prison management departments can record the performance of inmates and submit applications and other materials for commutation or parole to courts using the platform. That will save a lot of time and can ensure that each procedure is regulated," said Xia Daohu, chief judge of the trial and supervision tribunal of the top court.