I'm genuinely surprised you can take a Chinese state-owned corporation to court. Does China really have environmental laws which regular people can sue over?
The law is structured in such a way that the judges and courts have a great deal of freedom and discretion about which laws to enforce when, and can decide not to enforce laws at specific times. This is seen as a strength of the system, in that it prevents a lot of obtuse bickering over minor details of legal interpretation. The judge can do maneuvers like saying "The spirit and intent of the law was this, doesn't matter what it actually says" and this is legal. So yes the Chinese state probably does have protections for this sort of thing, but they probably never enforce any of them because of rampant abuse.
The thing is, if you try to use your right to petition Beijing, for example, you will be harassed and may be arrested.
I followed the story on weibo of a parent who petitioned Beijing for better discipline in schools after bullies took out her son's eye. She was followed by agents, prevented from taking her son to hospital appointments in the city and forced to sign a "confession" that she was a dissident.
So yes, you have the right, but if you use it, you will be targeted. So stop spreading this "China is not so bad, it has the same freedoms as in the west!" bs.
> All this with the humongous caveat that courts and judges will often not enforce laws as they are written
Please don't use selective quotations to misrepresent the viewpoints of other commenters.
Seems like you've deliberately misinterpreted my comment
1. a local court always stands on the lower level of authority to local administration and party committee, and can always be overruled by them.
2. only a court of above standing administrative unit can overrule your local court, but to get there you need to get through a local court first.