Shenzhen judges in China processed 50% more cases last year compared to 2024, thanks to a pilot AI system. The city's Intermediate People's Court reported that each judge handled an average of 744 cases in 2025. This successful AI-driven system is now slated for expansion to courts in numerous other Chinese cities.

Judges in Shenzhen – China’s Silicon Valley – processed 50 per cent more cases last year than in 2024 with the help of a pilot system powered by AI technology, according to the city’s Intermediate People’s Court. It said the artificial intelligence-driven system would now be introduced in the courts of dozens more Chinese cities. In a social media post on Tuesday, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court said each judge in the city had handled an average of 744 cases in 2025 – up by 249 cases...