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  : BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- China has rolled out the roadmap to the country's judicial and social reform, setting a timetable and verifiable targets for specific reform measures. On Thursday, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's General Office, and the General Office of the State Council published the plan to implement the decisions on deepening judicial and social reform made at the fourth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee held in October 2014. The implementation plan combed through 84 reform measures raised at the session, assigned each of the 84 tasks to specific organizations, and stipulated the timetable and verifiable results for each reform item. The plan aims to solve deep-seated problems that impair judicial justice and capacity, and to build a socialist judicial system characterized by justice, high efficiency and authority, among other objectives, according to a circular issued with the plan by the central leading group for deepening judicial reform. The 84 reform measures are divided into three categories. In improving judicial justice and credibility, 48 reforms were designed, including litigation reform to prioritize trials, letting judges assume lifelong responsibility for cases they handle and holding them accountable for any miscarriages of justice, as well as improving jury and public supervisor system.