Are criminal lawyers the same as civil lawyers?

Legal analysis: consistent. As long as you are a full-time lawyer in China, you can handle both criminal and civil cases. Lawyers participating in civil and economic litigation should be based on facts, take the law as the criterion, and be diligent and conscientious. Abide by lawyers' professional ethics and practice discipline, and safeguard the correct implementation of the law. When lawyers participate in civil and economic litigation, they should keep state secrets, business secrets and the personal privacy of the parties. Lawyers undertaking criminal proceedings must abide by national laws and regulations, take facts as the basis, take the law as the criterion, and abide by lawyers' professional ethics and practice discipline.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The term "lawyer" as mentioned in this Law refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services to clients. Lawyers should safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and correctly implement the law and social fairness and justice.