

The principle of judicial transparency is a fundamental part of important means to promote judicial fairness and to improve judicial practice. The Forum supports judiciaries in expanding the applicability of information technology services to make more transparent and efficient work of courts, as well as to make implementation of justice more widely accessible to the society. Supreme Court of participating countries will pay closer attention and respond to the trend of informatization and endeavor to adopt information technology means according to their capacity and conditions, in order to improve judicial capability and practices, efficiently resolve disputes, and better ensure judicial fairness. II.Ěs the participants of the Forum noticed, with the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the ever- expanding trade and personal exchanges among China and ASEAN countries, as well as South-Asian countries, the needs of judicial cooperation have been continuously increasing. The participants of the Forum will push forward with more exchanges and cooperation among judiciaries of China and ASEAN countries, as well as South-Asian countries. THE Forum commend the exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN countries since the adoption of the Nanning Statement in the First China-ASEAN Justice Forum in various forms, such as bilateral high-level visits, information exchanges and judges training. The Forum, convinced of the necessity to establish and maintain persistent exchanges and cooperation among judiciaries of China and ASEAN countries, as well as South Asian countries, reached the following consensus. Theses, discussions have laid down a solid foundation for enhancing and deepening international judicial exchanges and cooperation. In friendly, practical and constructive atmosphere, the delegates and special guests of honor extensively exchanged opinions under the theme of Justice in the Internet Era and Regional Judicial Cooperation, centering on specific topics including Informatization of Court Work, Judicial Transparency on the Internet, Coordination and Integration of Commercial Laws of the Countries in the Region, Building Cross-Border Disputes Resolution Mechanism in the Region and Strengthening International Judicial Assistance in the Region. Wewage Priyasath Gerad DEP, Chief Justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka also attended the Forum and addressed in the sessions as guests of honor of the SPC. Main Saqib Nisar, Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and H.E.

Hari Krishna Karki, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal H.E. Hasan Foez SIDDIQUE, Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hon. Sayed Yousuf HALEM, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hon. AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat also attended the Form. NGUYEN Van Thuan, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court People's Court of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam attended the Forum and addressed in the sessions.

Veerapol TUNGSUWAN, President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Thailand and Hon. Steven CHONG, Justice, Judge the Appeal of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore, H.E. REYES, JR., Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of the Philippines as observer Hon. HTUN HTUN OO, Chief Justice of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Hon. Tan Sri Richard MALANJUM, Chief Judge of High Court of Sabah and Sarawak and Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia H.E. Khamphane SITTHIDAMPHA, President of the People's Supreme Court of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Hon. Takdir RAHMADI, Deputy Chief Justice on Resource Development of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. YOU Ottara, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Cambodia Hon. ZHOU Qiang, Chief Justice of the People's Republic of China and President of the SPC Hon. The Forum was hosted by the Supreme Court People's Court of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as ("the SPC") and sponsored by High People's Court of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The 2nd China-ASEAN Justice Forum was held in Nanning Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China on June 8, 2017.
