Cross-border hearings overcome legal differences

In the past three years, Ruili People's Court, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, has made efforts to resolve disputes involving individuals or businesses from Myanmar as a way of upholding justice and ensuring border security.

As a city on the China-Myanmar border, Ruili has more than 50,000 permanent residents from Myanmar, accounting for 20 percent of the population, according to court statistics. To date, Ruili has witnessed 5,233 cross-border marriages, the court said.

"Having witnessed the growth in trade and visits between the two nations, we've also seen and resolved a rising number of Myanmar-related disputes," said Gao Bo, a judge at the court.