Article 63 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that all materials that can be used to prove the facts of a case are evidence.
Evidence includes:
(1) Physical evidence;
(2) Documentary evidence;
(3) Testimony of witnesses;
(4) the victim's statement;
(5) confessions and excuses of criminal suspects and defendants;
(6) Appraisal opinions;
(7) Records of the inquest, inspection, appraisal, investigation and experiment;
(8) Audio-visual materials and electronic data.
The evidence must be verified before it can be used as the basis for finalizing the case.
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The Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) also points out some problems about evidence:
Article 68? The evidence shall be presented in court and cross-examined by the parties. Evidence involving state secrets, commercial secrets and personal privacy shall be kept confidential. If it needs to be presented in court, it may not be presented publicly.
Article 69? The people's court shall take the legal facts and documents notarized through legal procedures as the basis for ascertaining the facts, unless there is evidence to the contrary enough to overturn the notarial certificate.
Article 70? The original documentary evidence shall be submitted. Physical evidence shall be submitted in its original form. If it is really difficult to submit the original or the original, copies, photos, duplicates and excerpts may be submitted.
Foreign documentary evidence must be accompanied by a Chinese translation.
Article 71? The people's court shall distinguish the authenticity of audio-visual materials and examine whether it can be used as a basis for ascertaining facts in combination with other evidence in this case.
National People's Congress Network-Civil Procedure Law