Legal basis:
Article 18, paragraph 2, of the "Criminal Procedure Law" stipulates that the crime of corruption and bribery, state work Crimes of dereliction of duty, illegal detention, torture to extract confessions, revenge and frame-up, illegal searches, and crimes of state functionaries taking advantage of their powers to infringe on citizens' democratic rights shall be investigated by the People's Procuratorate. If other major criminal cases committed by state functionaries taking advantage of their powers need to be directly handled by the People's Procuratorate, the case may be opened for investigation upon the decision of the People's Procuratorate at or above the provincial level.