China's financial hub of Shanghai on Sunday initiated a judicial reform pilot to make judges more accountable and curb government interventions in courts.
China is moving toward a mature socialist court system, one with more independence and less influence and protectionism from local officials.
China's top court on Wednesday published a guideline for reforms in the country's court system over the next five years, underlining efforts to ensure independent trial.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who was placed under formal investigation for influence-peddling, on Wednesday said "politics manipulated judicial system" in a corruption probe that may taint the conservative's political come-back.
The chief prosecutor of the northeastern city of Shenyang, is the first high-ranking law enforcer to fall foul of China's anti-corruption campaign this year.
Judicial officials in China should work with integrity and refuse any temptations that could lead to corruption, the country's chief justice urged on Thursday.
China's first guideline to prevent unjust or wrongful judgments will better safeguard judicial independence, build credibility for the judicial system and help to improve public trust.
China's new Communist Party leader, Xi Jinping has called for further reforms of judicial, prosecution and public security organs, to fight corruption to ensure justice in every case.
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