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The '''First Circuit Court''' of the '''[[Supreme People's Court]]''' of the [[People's Republic of China]] (中华人民共和国最高人民法院第一巡回法庭) is a [[circuit court]] created in December 2014 and opened on January 28, 2015, in [[Shenzhen]], China. It has jurisdiction in the provinces of [[Guangdong]], [[Guangxi]], and [[Hainan]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150206124852/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-02/05/c_133973171.htm China's first circuit courts in full operations]</ref><ref name="xinhua1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170805140335/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-01/28/c_133953979.htm China's first circuit court established in Shenzhen]</ref>
Differing from a circuit court in a [[common law]] jurisdiction, the First Circuit is part of a pilot program to establish circuit courts of the Supreme People's Court outside [[Beijing]], the seat of the national government, with the same level of jurisdiction of the supreme court, i.e. cases decided by the circuit courts are deemed finally decided by the supreme court itself.<ref name="xinhua1" /> The pilot program is carried out in an effort to avoid local influences.<ref>{{cite news |title=China Will Open First Circuit Court in Shenzhen Next Week |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230519/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-28/china-s-to-open-first-circuit-court-in-shenzhen-next-week |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-28/china-s-to-open-first-circuit-court-in-shenzhen-next-week}}</ref>
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== See also ==
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