The Military Court of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, normally called the ETC Court is an intermediate military court of division grade of the People's Liberation Army, in charge of military justice in the Eastern Theater. It is subordinate to the Military High Court and located in Nanjing.

History The precursor of the ETC Court was the Military Court of the Nanjing Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, classified as a "large unit military court". The Military Court of the Nanjing Military Region heard some serious criminal and civil cases in first instance and heard in second instance cases involving the forces, colleges and universities, and other units of the Nanjing Military Region. In civil cases, it heard complaints, and supervised lower level trials and the enforcement of judgments.王国华律师：“军队政法机构的设置和军事法院受理案件的有关规定”的讲座 ，北京市天溢律师事务所，2014-05-12谷俊山在哪受审 ，南方周末，2014-05-01

In November 2015, Xi Jinping requested at the Military Commission Reform Work Conference that "a new Military Commission should be formed, the military judicial system should be adjusted, and military courts and procuratorates should be set up in each region, ensuring that they exercise their powers independently and impartially in accordance with the law."军事法院检察院已调整组建运行 打破隶属着眼惩腐 ，中华网，2016-07-18 On February 1, 2016, the Eastern Theater Command was established, which included the former Nanjing Military Region.战区近来动作不小，1个月内34人履新 ，东方网，2016-08-21 On June 29, 2016, the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China issued the "Notice on Rewriting and Publishing the Hierarchy of Military Courts" (Law No. 142), which established that the Military Court of the Eastern Theater is an Intermediate Military Court with the code "Military 01" (军01).

Functions

The ETC Military Court of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has a case-filing division that does the initial review, induction, and preliminary hearings of new cases. The criminal chamber hears in first instance cases liable to sentences over 15 years of imprisonment or death; and hears appeals against criminal judgments and rulings of primary military courts. The civil division carries out trial supervision, and hears cases and complaints when the defendants are military units, and the suit is over 30 million yuan; and hears appeals against primary court judgments and rulings in civil cases. The civil division is also responsible for the enforcement of judgments in civil cases.

Organizational structure Case-filing Division (立案庭) Civil Division (民事审判庭) Criminal Division (刑事审判庭)

Judicial Supervision Division (审判监督庭) Leadership

Court president: Jiang Liuqing (蒋柳清) Sr Col（2016年—）

Court Vice-president （2016年—）

Subordinate primary military courts Shanghai Military Court Nanjing Military Court Hangzhou Military Court Hefei Military Court Fuzhou Military Court

References

See also

Judicial system of China