Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, China's top court has been working on legal documents and calling for the wide application of online platforms in judicial work to ensure the quality and efficiency of foreign-related case hearings, a chief judge of the court said.

On the sidelines of the "two sessions," the judge said that the pandemic has brought difficulties to litigants at home and abroad, as well as to trials involving foreigners.

"As equal protection has been made a top priority in hearing such cases, we've also taken measures to ensure foreign litigants can be given easier, fair, and professional access to litigation," she said. Since there is no clear answer on when the pandemic will end, she also called on courts to make full use of the Internet and technical platforms to improve judicial efficiency.