Legal basis: Article 33 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China" includes: 1. lawyer. Lawyers refer to practitioners who have obtained lawyer qualifications in accordance with legal procedures and are registered to provide legal services to the society. Those who have obtained lawyer qualifications but have not registered may not accept lawyer commissions as defenders. In addition, according to Article 13 of the Lawyers Law, current staff members of state agencies are not allowed to concurrently serve as practicing lawyers. Lawyers are not allowed to practice law while serving as members of the standing committees of people's congresses at all levels. At the same time, Article 36 of this Law stipulates that lawyers who have served as judges or prosecutors shall not serve as litigation agents or defenders within two years after leaving the People's Court or People's Procuratorate. If a military member becomes a criminal suspect or defendant, he or she may hire a lawyer from the military or local area to defend him or her. If foreigners or stateless criminal suspects entrust lawyers to defend themselves, they can only entrust lawyers within China as defenders. 2. People’s organizations or persons recommended by the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant works. In view of the fact that my country's current team of lawyers cannot fully meet actual needs, in order to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants, mass organizations such as labor unions, women's federations, ** Youth League committees, student unions, and units where criminal suspects and defendants work can recommend citizens to serve as Criminal defense attorney. 3. Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants may also accept the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants to serve as their defenders. In fact, the revised Criminal Procedure Law has expanded the range of options for criminal suspects and defendants to entrust defenders, because in addition to guardians, all relatives and friends can accept the entrustment of criminal suspects, defendants and their legal representatives as defenders. This is very helpful for criminal suspects and defendants to promptly entrust defenders, solve the problem of hiring lawyers in a timely and effective manner, and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.