According to the provisions of relevant laws in China, the judicial committee is composed of the president, vice presidents and a number of senior judges. Its members should be odd. Its functions include summarizing trial experience, discussing and deciding on the legal application of major, difficult and complex cases.
People's Organization Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 36 The people at all levels shall establish judicial committees. The judicial committee shall be composed of the president, vice presidents and several senior judges, and the members shall be odd.
The trial committee meetings are divided into plenary meetings and professional committee meetings.
The people at or above the intermediate level may, according to the needs of judicial work, convene meetings of professional committees for criminal justice, civil administration of justice and other matters in accordance with the specialties and division of work of members of the judicial committee.
Article 37 The judicial committee shall perform the following functions:
(1) Summarize the experience of trial work
(2) Discuss and decide on the legal application of major, difficult and complex cases
(3) Discuss and decide whether the court's legally effective judgments, rulings and mediation statements should be retried
(4) Discuss and decide on other major issues related to trial work.
The interpretation of the Supreme People on issues pertaining to the specific application of law in judicial work shall be discussed and approved by the plenary session of the judicial committee, and the issuance of guiding cases may be discussed and approved by the professional committee of the judicial committee.