1998年4月15日,新任最高人民法院院长肖扬在全国法院教育整顿工作座谈会上发表讲话,强调法院要自觉接受舆论监督。他说,要把宪法和法律规定的“公开审判”制度落到实处。各类案件除涉及国家机密、公民个人隐私、未成年人犯罪以及法律另有规定的不予公开审理外,一律实行公开审理制 On April 15, 1998, Xiao Yang, the new president of the Supreme People’s Court, delivered a speech at a symposium on the work of rectifying education in the courts in the entire country, emphasizing that the courts should consciously accept the supervision of public opinion. He said that the “open trial” system stipulated by the Constitution and laws should be implemented in a down-to-earth manner. All kinds of cases shall be governed by the public hearing system except for cases involving state secrets, personal privacy of citizens, crimes committed by minors and other cases not stipulated by law