1, with different definitions, a prosecutor is a prosecutor who exercises the procuratorial power of the state according to law, and a lawyer is a practitioner who has passed the national judicial examination according to law and obtained a lawyer's practice certificate, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to the parties;
2. Different responsibilities. The prosecutor's main responsibility is to investigate criminal cases directly accepted by the people's procuratorate according to law, and the lawyer's main responsibility is to accept entrustment and provide non-litigation legal services.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 30
If a lawyer acts as an agent for litigation legal affairs or an agent for non-litigation legal affairs, he shall safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client within the scope of authorization. Article 31
When acting as a defender, a lawyer shall, according to facts and laws, put forward materials and opinions on whether the criminal suspect or defendant is innocent, the crime is light or the criminal responsibility is reduced or exempted, and safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant.
Public Procurators Law of the People's Republic of China
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Prosecutors are prosecutors who exercise the procuratorial power of the state according to law, including chief procurators, deputy chief procurators, members of procuratorial committees and procurators of special people's procuratorates such as the Supreme People's Procuratorate, local people's procuratorates at various levels and military procuratorates. Article 7
The duties of the prosecutor:
(1) Investigating criminal cases directly accepted by people's procuratorates according to law;
(2) Examining arrests, examining and prosecuting criminal cases, and prosecuting on behalf of the state;
(three) to carry out public interest litigation;
(4) To supervise criminal, civil and administrative litigation activities;
(5) Other duties as prescribed by law.
Prosecutors are responsible for making decisions on cases within the scope of their functions and powers.