1. Citizens who do not have an authorized representative due to financial difficulties may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions for the following matters requiring representation:
requesting compensation from the state in accordance with the law;
requesting social insurance treatment or minimum subsistence guarantee treatment;
requesting pensions and relief funds
Request for alimony, support, maintenance;
Request for payment of labor remuneration;
Appeal for civil rights and interests arising from acts of bravery and courage.
Appealing for civil rights and interests due to domestic violence, abuse or abandonment;
Appealing for compensation for personal injury or property loss due to traffic accidents, workplace accidents, medical damages, food safety, environmental pollution, product quality, and agricultural means of production;
Other matters stipulated by the state and province. The people's governments of cities, prefectures and counties may, in accordance with local practice, make additional provisions on legal aid matters other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph.
2, criminal proceedings in one of the following circumstances, citizens may apply to the legal aid agency for legal aid:
criminal suspects in the investigating authorities after the first interrogation or the date of the mandatory measures, due to financial difficulties did not hire a lawyer;
public prosecution of the case of the victim and his legal representative or close relatives, from the date of the case is transferred to the review of prosecution, due to financial difficulties did not appoint a lawyer;
public prosecution cases, victims and their legal representatives or close relatives, since the case transferred to the review of prosecution
The victim in a public prosecution case and his/her legal representative or close relatives, from the date the case is transferred to the people's court for examination and prosecution, have not appointed a legal representative due to financial difficulties;
The private prosecutor in a private prosecution case and his/her legal representative, from the date the case is accepted by the people's court, have not appointed a legal representative due to financial difficulties.
3. In cases where the public prosecutor appears in court to prosecute the case, the defendant has not appointed a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid. If the defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death and has not appointed a defender, when the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial status.
4. The criteria for a citizen's financial hardship shall be in accordance with the minimum subsistence guarantee standard for urban and rural residents published by the county in which the legal aid organization accepting the application is located, to the extent that it is less than one and a half times the minimum subsistence guarantee standard for urban and rural residents. If the applicant has suffered a natural disaster or other factors resulting in temporary economic hardship, the standard of economic hardship shall be determined by the legal aid institution in the light of the actual situation with reference to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. If an applicant applies for legal aid because he or she has suffered domestic violence, abuse or abandonment to claim civil rights and interests, his or her economic hardship standard shall be based on the applicant's personal economic hardship status.