Modern Express News (Reporter Song Jingwei) On March 11, " Above the Rivers ", a key TV series project during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period in Jiangsu Province and a high-quality support project of the Jiangsu Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, was launched. Gao Weiguang , Chen Shu , Yuan Wenkang, Lu Xiaolin star, focusing on the ecological protection of the Yangtze River and environmental justice reform.
△"Above the River" poster courtesy of the show's producer
The drama is jointly produced by the Film and Television Center of the Supreme People's Court and Suzhou Blue White Red Film Co., Ltd., and jointly directed by the Information Bureau of the Supreme People's Court and the Environmental Resources Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court, News from the People's Court Jointly produced by the Media Headquarters, Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court and others.
The story started from an explosion accident in a chemical plant. Administrative Court judge Luo Yuan (played by Gao Weiguang) met Xia Weidong (played by Chen Shu), a professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering, and they were involved in the subsequent village disputes and the sale of national first-level protected animals. , partnered with Civil Court Judge Geng Nian (played by Yuan Wenkang) and Criminal Court Judge Lin Hailan (played by Lu Xiaolin) to join the newly established "civil, criminal, and administrative three-in-one" Environmental Resources Court. Under Xia Weidong's professional guidance, we embarked on a road of environmental justice reform to provide justice for the voiceless mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes and grasses. We tried a series of illegal fishing, decoration pollution, waste and waste with innovative spirit and rigorous legal principles. Difficult cases such as acid deforestation and illegal sand mining will eventually bring to justice illegal enterprises, evil forces and derelict officials who pollute the environment.
As China's first environmental judicial TV series, "Above the Rivers" takes "lucid waters and lush mountains as valuable assets" as its core concept, reflecting China's legislative progress and judicial innovation in environmental protection.
"Above the River" has a strong creative lineup, with Zhou Yaping serving as the chief screenwriter and chief director, Fei Ke and Fu Xiaoyi co-directing, and powerful actors such as Gao Weiguang, Chen Shu, Yuan Wenkang, Lu Xiaolin, Liu Zhibing, Xing Jiadong co-starring. After a thousand days of creation and preparation, the main creative team went deep into the grassroots, visited, investigated, and studied. By reading files, observing court hearings, visiting the places where environmental protection cases occurred, and interviewing relevant personnel, they used a realistic creative style to show the story of China in the past ten years. The bumpy road of environmental judicial reform.
With a hundred days of racing against time and the passionate performances of more than 200 powerful actors, the play interweaves and shows more than 20 environmental cases, including "legal experts outsmarting illegal officials, public welfare organizations fighting against chemical giants, and small people prosecuting" Wonderful plots such as large conglomerates, Chinese environmental defenders versus foreign polluters, and a team of sunshine justice judges fighting against the umbrella of evil forces are presented one by one, telling a new judicial story that has a sense of suspense and conflict, as well as warmth and human touch.
