China's chief justice has urged people's courts around the country to make more efforts to maintain social harmony by improving the judges' ability to better resolve public grievance and resentment.

Wang Shengjun, President of the Supreme People's Court, made the remark during his visit to northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Sunday.

The people's courts at all levels should organize more professional trainings for the judges to improve their practical abilities required for better handling the people's discontent, Wang said.

The courts should encourage more young judges to work at grassroots positions in which they will encounter complaints and deal with group incidents in the front line, he said.

The people's courts around the country should also improve their working efficiency by adopting more equipment and infrastructure with information technologies, Wang said.

(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2009)