Legal analysis: In order to ensure the authenticity of the trial transcript, it is stipulated that the parties, witnesses, presiding judges and clerks should review and sign the transcript, but there is no provision for the public prosecutor who appears in court. In the court where the author is located, the court transcripts of more than 2,000 criminal cases concluded in recent five years did not contain the signature of the public prosecutor.

Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 201 All court trial activities shall be written by the court clerk, reviewed by the presiding judge and signed by the presiding judge and the court clerk. The witness testimony part of the court record shall be read out in court or given to the witness for reading, and the witness shall sign or seal it after admitting that it is correct.

The court records shall be handed over to or read out to the parties concerned. If the parties think that there are omissions or errors in the records, they may request supplements or corrections. After the parties admit that it is correct, they shall sign or seal it.