Legal basis: Article 170 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the people's procuratorate shall examine the cases transferred for prosecution by supervisory organs in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law and the Supervision Law. If the people's procuratorate considers it necessary to make supplementary verification after examination, it shall return it to the supervisory organ for supplementary investigation, and may make supplementary investigation on its own if necessary. The people's procuratorate shall first detain the criminal suspect in the case that the supervisory organ has transferred for prosecution, and the lien measures shall be automatically lifted. The people's procuratorate shall, within ten days after detention, make a decision on whether to arrest, get a bail pending trial or monitor residence. Under special circumstances, the decision time can be extended by one to four days. The period when the people's procuratorate decides to take compulsory measures shall not be counted in the period of examination and prosecution.
Decision of the NPC Standing Committee on Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Article 170 is renumbered as Article 173 and amended as: "When examining a case, the people's procuratorate shall interrogate the criminal suspect, listen to the opinions of the defender or the lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem, and put them on record. If the defender or the lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem put forward written opinions, they shall attach a volume. " If a criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment, the people's procuratorate shall inform him of his litigation rights and the legal provisions of pleading guilty and admitting punishment, listen to the opinions of the criminal suspect, defender or lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem on the following matters, and record them: "(1) the suspected criminal facts, charges and applicable legal provisions;" (two) suggestions for lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment; "(3) Procedures applicable to the trial of a case after pleading guilty;" (four) other matters that need to listen to opinions. "If the people's procuratorate listens to the opinions of the lawyer on duty in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, it shall provide the necessary convenience for the lawyer on duty to know the relevant situation of the case in advance."