Chinese people can now tip the country's courts off online if they think a judge or court official has acted in a corrupt manner, and can also see how their tip-offs develop online.

All provincial courts on China's mainland have launched websites to collect tips against corrupt judges, following the launch of a tip-off website by the Supreme People's Court (SPC), said a SPC statement on February 9.

"This is an important move to facilitate public supervision and intensify a crackdown on corruption in the court system," the statement said.

The SPC website, jubao.court.gov.cn, opened in May 2009, and provincial courts have begun to launch similar websites this month.

All provincial courts' websites would be linked to the SPC website when they went online, the statement said.

The courts' disciplinary watchdogs are required to respond to the tip-offs and information on the websites within 10 working days and detail how they have responded to them online.