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cjal-3307	Xiaoqin, Ye	The Impact and Direction of National Standardized Sentencing Reform in China	2011	26	.pdf	application/pdf	12718	576	49	265 CONCLUSION 270 INTRODUCTION On October 1, 2010, the People's Republic of China (China) implemented nationwide reform to standardize criminal sentencing in the form of two landmark judicial documents with the goal of reducing unwarranted sentencing disparities and establishing relatively independent sentencing procedures. On that date, all Chinese courts implemented the Directive on Sentencing in the People's Courts (for Trial Implementation) (Directive on Sentencing),' promulgated by the Supreme People's Court (SPC); and the Opinion on Certain Issues of Standardized Sentencing Procedure (for Trial Implementation) (Opinion on Sentencing Procedure),' promulgated by the Two Supremes and Three Ministries.' These guidance documents, which provide strict standards and specific procedures for criminal sentencing, triggered full-scale standardized sentencing reform ( A M 011 r *) (liangxing guifanhua gaige) throughout the Chinese court system.	cache/cjal-3307.pdf	txt/cjal-3307.txt