In recent days, Gansu Province has issued the Implementation Opinions on Optimizing the Business Environment, Serving Investment Promotion, and Ensuring the Development and Growth of Private Economy by Giving Full Play to the Role of Judicial Functions (hereinafter referred to as the （Implementation Opinions). This Implementation Opinions aims to give full play to the judicial adjudicative functions of the courts across the province, serve the province’s high-level opening-up and investment promotion, and ensure the high-quality development of the private economy. The reporter of our website conducted an exclusive interview with the relevant spokesperson of the provincial government.

Q: Which departments jointly developed the Implementation Opinions?

The Implementation Opinions is jointly formulated by Gansu Provincial High Court, Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission)，Gansu Provincial Department of Commerce Gansu Provincial Business Environment Construction Bureau，Gansu Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce and other departments.

Q: What is the significance of formulating and introducing the Implementation Opinions?

A: The introduction of the Implementation Opinions will give full play to the province’s courts judicial trial function, service the province’s high level of opening to the outside world and investment promotion, to protect the high-quality development of the private economy.

Q: What are the main aspects of the Implementation Opinions?

A: The Implementation Opinions mainly includes five initiatives to play the role of judicial functions to optimize the business environment, services to attract investment, and safeguard the development and growth of the private economy.

Q: Can you provide a specific explanation of the content of the Implementation Opinions?

A: The implementation of the Implementation Opinions includes: To deepen the collaboration between government and courts, extend judicial functions, establish the “promote investment promotion” mechanism. To shift judicial perspectives to enhance service and security levels, and promote work implementation through a combination of point and surface approaches. Adhering to equal protection of the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs, severe punishment of crimes that disrupt market order, strict distinguish between economic disputes and criminal offenses, we will support and promote internal corporate governance, and legally protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs.

To safeguard an equal, open, and transparent legal business environment, equally protect market behavior of private economies, serve and guarantee the innovative development of private economies. To improve the quality and efficiency of bankruptcy case handling, handle criminal-civil crossover cases in a fair and efficient manner, and execute them legally, impartially, benevolently, and civilizedly.

Actively promote the construction of a law-based government and a creditworthy society, vigorously promote the spirit of contract, create a creditworthy and orderly market environment, and strive to enhance judicial credibility. Continuously enhance the level of judicial service and security, strengthen litigation service security, enhance the management of trial quality and efficiency, further unblock channels for safeguarding rights, strengthen foreign-related judicial service security, and increase the intensity of legal publicity.