Yan Maokun, president of the Supreme People's Court's (SPC) Trial Supervision Tribunal, elaborated on the work of courts at all levels on protection of property and legitimate rights and interests of entrepreneurs in 2018 at an interview on March 13. According to Yan, disputes easily occur among entrepreneurs and shareholders in enterprises and the interests of all people involved will be damaged without proper treatment. He summarized the SPC's efforts in property and entrepreneurs' interests protection from four aspects -- guiding policies, influential cases, guiding cases and supervision. Yan said in 2018, the SPC released several documents to safeguard and support private enterprises. For instance, a notice of creating a sound and stable business climate for innovation and entrepreneurship was issued in January, which includes ten regulations and protects not only the entrepreneurs' personal and property rights but also their intellectual property rights and managerial authority. The document also urged courts to rectify wrongful convictions related to property rights and encouraged judicial staffs to optimize judicial interpretations and to raise entrepreneurs' awareness of protecting their legal rights. In addition, the SPC tried three influential property and entrepreneur-related cases and released 13 guiding cases in 2018, which showed that such matters have become a bigger concern of the courts. The guiding cases covered a wide range of trial fields including criminal, civil, intellectual property and administrative issues.

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