Research Report on the Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law

Author: Fan Chongyi
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law in 1996 can be said to have achieved significant historical progress. It not only promoted the perfection of legal norms in criminal procedure but also laid a foundation for China's criminal justice system to move towards the rule of law. However, it is undeniable that the amended Criminal Procedure Law still has many issues, especially during its implementation, where lingering old problems and emerging new ones have forced the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law back onto the agenda. In October 2002, the report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stated: "The socialist judicial system must ensure fairness and justice for the whole society. It must guarantee the independent and impartial exercise of judicial and procuratorial power by the courts and procuratorates through the system. It must improve litigation procedures and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens and legal persons." In early 2003, the National People's Congress included the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law in its "Five-Year Plan." Against this backdrop, this book, commissioned by the Ministry of Education, is a research report on the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law. It includes topics such as the philosophy behind the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, the codification of the Criminal Procedure Law and its basic framework, and fundamental principles of criminal procedure.