People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law
Article 58 stipulates that the parties and their legal representatives may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem.
The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:
(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;
(2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;
(three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.
We can't simply restrict or cancel citizen agency.
The reason is:
1. The rule of law in the whole society needs to be improved. Professional lawyers can't meet the needs of the whole legal service industry in quality and quantity, while civil litigation agents can make up for the professional needs of some legal services and meet the basic needs of grassroots people for social legal system and economic life;
2, China's economic situation is not very good, especially in the vast rural areas, the economic situation of most parties is relatively poor, it is difficult to bear legal fees, and the scope and role of legal aid that the state can provide is still very limited;
3. Civil agency generally means that the parties choose the person who is more suitable to participate in the litigation from the crowd around them, which is of great significance to the mediation of cases, the resolution of social contradictions and the publicity and education of the legal system;
4. We can't deny the existence of some bad citizen agency, but we shouldn't deny the whole citizen agency system because of some bad citizen agency behaviors. The citizen agency system itself is good, but it has been abused by some people and should be further improved.
References:
On the Standardization of Citizen Agency after the Implementation of the New Civil Procedure Law —— Taking Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court as an Example