On the Practice Dilemma and Improvement of the Service System of Civil Announcement in China

Announcement service is an important way in the system of civil litigation service in China. Nowadays it tends to be a formal case handling procedure in judicial practice. The purpose of the court announcement is simply to fulfill the service procedure, and the procedure benefit of the receivers is not in question. Through interviews with judges and clerks of some basic People's Courts, it is known that in the cases served by means of announcement, there is almost no case in which the receivers is informed of the litigation information through the announcement. Such judicial status deviates from the purpose of the service system, which is not conducive to the improvement of China's judicial service level and support capacity. It is important to reform the way of the announcement service, make the content of announcement known to the receivers, to the greatest extent and protect the procedural benefits of receivers in service system.