The purpose and task of judicial work in People's Republic of China (PRC) is to protect the basic rights and freedoms of all citizens and other lawful rights and interests, protect public property and lawful property owned by citizens, maintain social order, ensure the smooth progress of socialist modernization, and punish a few criminals according to law.
China's judicial organs include courts, procuratorates, public security organs, judicial administrative organs and their leading lawyers' organizations, notary organs and reeducation-through-labor organs.