The Reform of Procuratorial System

Abstract

AbstractIn this era, reform is the current theme in all trades and professions, which is being carried out in varying degrees, especially in judicial system. It is occurring in China and other jurisdictions of the world. Justice and efficiency are the two goals of judicial reform for each jurisdiction. As to the reform of the procuratorial power, there is a common trend of expansion of prosecutorial power while some countries began to limit and weaken their prosucutorial power. In addition, there are two major trends in development of the procuratorial system in the world: one is to increase the prosecutor’s powers; the other is to perfect the system of prosecutor’s accountability. In China, under the background of the reform of judicial acountability system, the reform of trial-centered procedural system and the reform of transferring of anti-corruption department in recent years, the procuratorial organs have experienced unprecedented challenges and are facing a new developing opportunity. In order to integrate the existing procuratorial functions and powers and make them into full play so as to achieve the goal of balanced and coordinated development of the four kinds of procuratorial functions, the procuratorial organs in China have implemented a series of reform to meet these challenges and seek a new developing path, such as the reform of internal institutions, the reform of integration of approving arrest and prosecution, the reform of quota control of prosecutors, and so on. Whether these reforms are successful or not, they are based on the national conditions in China and will provide valuable experiences to thoroughly implement the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee on Strengthening the Legal Supervision of Procuratorial Organs in the New Era. However, these reforms are still on the way in furthe deepening and improving their corresponding measures and systems in order to perfect the procuratorial system with Chinese characteristics in the future.