New Court in China's Sichuan Province To Hear Civil, Criminal Environmental Cases

摘要

The first environmental court in China's Sichuan province has been established in Yibin, a large city on the Yangtze River in the southeastern part of the province, according to state-run Chinese media.rnThe new court, established Oct. 22 in Yibin's Cuiping district, will function at the circuit court level, the lowest level of China's court system, and will handle civil,rnadministrative, and criminal cases involving environmental disputes.