Taking legal aid to the grassroots

Ministry of Justice is improving people's access to representation in civil and criminal cases, Zhang Yan reports.

"If it wasn't for lawyer Shen, who helped us obtain the compensation for my daughter's death, we wouldn't know how to go on living," 60-year-old Ran Gang said, tears falling down his cheeks.

In March 2016, Ran's 21-year-old daughter, Ran Guangqiong, was knocked down by logs while working at the Yanshan sawmill, in Wenshan prefecture, Yunnan province. She died at the scene.