No approval is required to meet with a lawyer while on bail pending trial.
Article 39 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China":
Defense lawyers may meet with criminal suspects and defendants in custody and communicate with them. Other defenders may also meet with and communicate with criminal suspects or defendants in custody with the approval of the People's Court or People's Procuratorate.
If a defender requests to meet with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody with a lawyer's practicing certificate, law firm certificate, power of attorney, or legal aid letter, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in a timely manner, no later than 48 hours.
Extended information:
Article 66 of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the National Criminal Procedure Law: People’s courts, people’s procuratorates and public security organs shall, based on the circumstances of the case, investigate criminal suspects, The defendant may be detained, released on bail pending trial, or placed under residential surveillance.
Article 67: People's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs may release criminal suspects or defendants on bail pending trial under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Possible sentence Public surveillance, criminal detention or independent application of additional penalties;
(2) May be sentenced to a penalty of fixed-term imprisonment or above, and being released on bail pending trial will not cause social danger;
(3) Suffering from serious illness, If the person cannot take care of himself, is pregnant or is breastfeeding his own baby, and being released on bail pending trial will not pose a social risk;
(4) When the detention period expires and the case has not been completed, it is necessary to be released on bail pending trial.
Bail pending trial shall be implemented by the public security organs.
For cases of crimes endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers must obtain permission from the investigation agency to meet criminal suspects in custody during the investigation.
In the above-mentioned cases, the investigating agency shall notify the detention center in advance. Defense lawyers can meet with criminal suspects and defendants in custody to learn about the case and provide legal advice; they can verify evidence with criminal suspects and defendants from the date the case is transferred for review and prosecution. Defense lawyers' interviews with criminal suspects and defendants do not fall within the scope of surveillance.
The provisions of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall apply when defense lawyers meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants who are under residential surveillance.