Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
208th Article When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 158 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval. If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case. The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed.
Article 220 A case tried by summary procedure shall be concluded by the people's court within 20 days after it is accepted. If the possible fixed-term imprisonment exceeds three years, it can be extended to one and a half months.