The Supreme People's Court of China launched a campaign for
selecting the nation's top ten judges in 2005 by public polling on
Tuesday.
The campaign is co-sponsored by the Supreme Court, China Central
Television (CCTV) and other two nation-wide newspapers, which will
broadcast and publish stories of 33 candidate judges.
The Supreme Court has recognized the candidate judges
recommended by each provincial High Court, as well as the branch
court in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and the
court-martial.
Audiences can submit their votes in paper form, online and
Short-Message-Service (SMS) by mobile devices. Li Ke, a senior
official of the Supreme Court said that the public polling of top
ten judges is way to build up judge's images among the people and
enhance the public reputation of the judiciary.
The votes will be collected and calculated by the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the
top ten judges will be awarded a "Golden Mallet."
The winners will be announced in February 2006, according to the
Supreme Court.
(Xinhua News Agency December 28, 2005)