Legal basis: Provisions of the Supreme People's Court Municipality on Live Recording and Live Broadcasting of People's Courts' Trial Activities.
Article 1 The people's courts shall follow the principles of legality, truthfulness and standardization in broadcasting live pictures, characters, audio and video of the public trial process through public media systems such as television and Internet.
Article 2 The people's court may choose to broadcast live and record cases that are highly concerned by the public and have great social influence, and that have the significance of legal publicity and education in public trials. The following cases may not be broadcast live or recorded: (1) Cases involving state secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy, juvenile delinquency and other cases that are not tried in public according to law; (2) The procuratorial organ clearly put forward that the trial should not be broadcast live or recorded, and there are justified criminal cases; (three) the parties clearly put forward the civil and administrative cases without live broadcast or recording of the trial and with justified reasons; (four) other cases that are not suitable for live broadcast or recording in court.