Status of People's Procuratorate: the Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest procuratorial organ in the country, and local people's procuratorates at all levels and special people's procuratorates perform legal supervision functions according to law to ensure the unified and correct implementation of national laws. Local people's procuratorates at all levels include people's procuratorates of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; Branches of people's procuratorates of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and people's procuratorates of autonomous prefectures and municipalities directly under the Central Government; People's procuratorates of counties, cities, autonomous counties and municipal districts; Special people's procuratorates mainly include military procuratorates and railway transport procuratorates. The people's procuratorates at all levels correspond to the people's courts at all levels and handle cases in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Law.

The functions and powers of the people's procuratorate include:

1. Exercising the right to investigate relevant criminal cases according to law;

2. Review criminal cases and approve or decide whether to arrest criminal suspects;

3. Review criminal cases, decide whether to initiate public prosecution, and support public prosecution for cases that decide to initiate public prosecution;

4. Bring public interest litigation according to law;

5. Legal supervision of litigation activities;

6. To exercise legal supervision over the execution of effective legal documents such as judgments and rulings;

7, the implementation of legal supervision of law enforcement activities in prisons and detention centers;

8. Other functions and powers as prescribed by law.

To sum up, the procuratorate is the national legislature and an important organ for supervising laws in People's Republic of China (PRC), with strong centralization and unity. People's procuratorates play an irreplaceable role in safeguarding national security and ensuring social order.

Legal basis:

Article 131 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC)

The people's procuratorates independently exercise procuratorial power according to law, and are not subject to interference by administrative organs, social organizations or individuals.

Article 132

The Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest procuratorial organ. The Supreme People's Procuratorate leads the work of local people's procuratorates at all levels and special people's procuratorates, and the people's procuratorates at higher levels lead the work of people's procuratorates at lower levels.