Shanghai Invites Undercover Appraisers To Monitor Public Prosecutors

• Author: Liu Dan

On March 30, Shanghai’s People’s Procuratorate invited 17 municipal and district People’s Congress Representatives, 10 members of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and 4 city residents to serve as the inaugural undercover judging appraisers. Seven of the 31 appraisers have law-related profession. Until the end of October this year, they may appear in court at any time to appraise the performance of a public prosecutor.

The appraisers are permitted to randomly audit trials in any...