Background and Challenges
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The Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (March 2012) states: audio-visual materials are explicitly recognized as evidence; The Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (January 2013) mentions: audio-visual materials should be carefully examined; if there are doubts, they should be appraised; The Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the Criminal Procedure System Centered on Trial (October 2016) emphasizes: from the source of criminal proceedings, evidence must be collected, fixed, reviewed, and used comprehensively and normatively in accordance with trial requirements and standards to ensure fair and just case adjudication; The Ministry of Public Security's 13th Five-Year Plan for Public Security Equipment Construction, Notice on Carrying Out Qualification Accreditation of Criminal Technology Institutions of Public Security Organs Nationwide, Measures for Rating Criminal Technology Laboratories of Public Security Organs, and Appraisal Rules of Public Security Organs, etc.
