Can the meeting be recorded

The meeting is allowed to record. The defense attorney can make a record of the meeting. Make a record of the meeting, if necessary, the suspect, the defendant should sign to confirm. Meeting, with the consent of the suspect, the defendant, the defense lawyer can make audio and video recordings of the meeting process. The detention center shall not obstruct in any way the audio- or video-recording by the defense counsel. The transcript of the interview, as well as the audio-recording, video-recording and photographs, shall not be divulged to co-defendants, witnesses or relatives of the suspect or defendant. Legal basis: Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China allows defense lawyers to meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's court, the people's procuratorate, may also meet and correspond with the criminal suspects and defendants in custody.