Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 4 State security organs shall handle criminal cases endangering State security according to law and exercise the same functions and powers as public security organs.
Article 5 People's courts and people's procuratorates shall independently exercise their functions and powers according to law.
The people's courts exercise judicial power independently according to law, and the people's procuratorates exercise procuratorial power independently according to law, without interference from administrative organs, social organizations and individuals.