With the advancement of the strategy of ruling the country by law in a comprehensive way, the criminal justice system in China is developing towards legalization, democratization, informatization and elaboration, so the position of criminal prosecution in the criminal procedure is becoming increasingly prominent and the demand for strengthening its functions, improving its institutions and renewing the relevant ideas is becoming more and more urgent. As a result, the criminal prosecution system is undergoing a series of transformation: from one that emphasizes prosecution to one that pursues objectiveness and justice, from one based on the doctrine of commencement of action by law to one based on both the doctrine of commencement of action by law and the doctrine of prosecutorial discretion, from one that takes substantive justice as the key target to one that emphasizes both procedural justice and procedural efficiency, and from one that implements the system of request for conviction to one that implements the system of combination of request for conviction and sentencing proposal. The criminal prosecution system should fully embody the inherent requirements of ruling the country by law, such as improving the procedural efficiency, showing humanistic concern, strengthening the supervisory function of prosecution, and advancing the reform in a steady and sustainable way. To further improve the criminal prosecution system, it is necessary to establish the ideas of respecting the rule of law, safeguarding human rights, handling criminal cases in a rational and moderate way, and strengthening supervision, keep to the correct direction of development of the criminal prosecution system, and meet various challenges encountered in the reform, so as to promote the development and perfection of the system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. |