2021-05-20 04:35:10 GMT2021-05-20 12:35:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) China has increased the state compensation standard for violations of citizen s personal freedoms, the country s top court and top procuratorate announced on Thursday.
The new standard for state compensation has been set at 373.1 yuan (about 57.92 U.S. dollars) per day, up 26.35 yuan from last year, according to statements issued by the Supreme People s Court and the Supreme People s Procuratorate.
The adjustment was based on the increase in the national average daily salary the preceding year.
Under China s State Compensation Law, victims have the right to claim compensation if their lawful rights and interests are damaged by state organs or their functionaries.
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Strong human rights protection comes as legitimate rights in state compensation protected By CAO YIN | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-29 20:10 Share CLOSE
Chinese courts have concluded about 220,000 cases relating to state compensation since 1995, when the State Compensation Law took effect, giving stronger protection on human rights and intensifying regulation on public power, China s top court said.
The number of state compensation cases heard by courts nationwide in 2019 was 11 times as many as that in 1995, the beginning of the law s implementation, Tao Kaiyuan, vice-president of the Supreme People s Court, the country s top court, said on Tuesday.
She said after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, courts at all levels handled half of the total state compensation cases in the past 25 years, adding that it shows people s increasingly enhanced awareness to safeguard their legitimate