Twenty-seven years ago today, on December 1, 1998 (October 13, 1998 in the lunar calendar), the Beijing Municipal Court fully implemented the open trial system. December 1, 1998 was the first day that the Beijing Municipal Court fully implemented the open trial system. That is to say, from this time on, citizens can request to observe cases heard in the city's 55 courts as long as they present valid identification documents. Of course, unless it involves state secrets, personal privacy or other provisions of the law. From 8:00 this morning, Lao Lu, in the mailroom of the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing, was too busy to look up. He waited until nearly 9:30 when he issued the 26th side hearing before taking a breath. The reporter also lined up in front of Lao Lu's window, asking tentatively: I want to hear about the case of corruption and bribery, okay? "Ma Xiujuan, a woman from Tongxian County who got the auditor's certificate first, pointed to the huge scrolling electronic announcement screen on the roof of the mailroom, and told enthusiastically:" All the judges and trial venues of the trial are on it, first see which one you want to hear, and then get the auditor's certificate with your ID card. "Lao Lu said that the Haidian District Court was one step earlier than other courts, and on September 21 this year, it had already implemented a public trial. Therefore, although there were a little more people coming to listen today, there were not many more people. Recall that when the public trial first began, Lao Lu said that there were only a lot of people, and students and employees from dozens of universities and units around, as well as retired elderly people in residential areas, all loved to listen. A college student who came to Beijing from Ningxia was here at least five or six times. The most interesting thing is that you reporters always report your identity after the trial. According to the news from the Beijing Higher People's Court, the trial activities of the city's courts should not only be open, but also institutionalized and standardized. This is conducive to maximizing the role of each litigation link, accepting the supervision of the masses, and achieving judicial justice. It was Fang Zu from Wuwei County, Anhui Province, who walked into the courtroom for the first time. His real-world friends were involved in a lawsuit, and he came to help listen. He said that in the past, when I heard that some relatives or colleagues of the parties asked to sit in and were rejected by the court, but they didn't understand the situation, they just guessed. Did they not talk to the court and have already been sentenced? Looking at it now, the trial is really complicated. A survey by Zero Point Company at the time showed that the top three laws that Chinese urban residents think are most relevant to them do not have "Litigation", indicating that the vast majority of ordinary people do not know how to litigate. Judge Zhu Jun believes that public trials are the most relevant and vivid legal lessons for ordinary people. In addition, it also puts forward higher requirements for the quality of judges. And now, like some people's old concept of "I let you listen, you can listen", like some judges who are worried that their professional level is not high and they are afraid that they will not be able to control the court to "make a fool", and they will try their best to keep the observers out. There is no basis for it anymore.