Can a lawyer make an appointment with the prosecutor?

Legal analysis: Yes. When the procuratorate examines whether to arrest a criminal suspect, the lawyer may make an appointment with the prosecutor.

Legal basis: Article 24 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), lawyers must abide by the Constitution and laws, abide by lawyers' professional ethics and discipline, practice according to law, practice in good faith and standardize their practice. Lawyers' practice must be based on facts and take the law as the criterion. Lawyers' practice should be supervised by the state, society and the parties concerned.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law

Article 8 Parties to a civil lawsuit have equal litigation rights. When trying civil cases, the people's courts shall guarantee and facilitate the parties to exercise their litigation rights, and all parties are equal in the application of laws.

Article 9 In trying civil cases, the people's courts shall conduct mediation on the basis of voluntariness and legality. If mediation fails, a judgment shall be made in time.

Article 10 When trying civil cases, the people's courts shall practise a system of collegiate bench, recusal, public trial and second instance as the final instance according to law.

Article 11 Citizens of all ethnic groups have the right to use their own spoken and written languages in civil proceedings. In areas where ethnic minorities live in compact communities or where many ethnic groups live together, the people's courts shall conduct trials and issue legal documents in the spoken and written languages commonly used by local ethnic groups. The people's court shall provide translators for participants in the proceedings who are not familiar with the spoken and written languages commonly used by local nationalities.

Article 12 When a people's court hears a civil case, the parties have the right to debate.

Article 52 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), judges, prosecutors and investigators must collect all kinds of evidence that can prove the guilt or innocence of criminal suspects and defendants and the seriousness of the crime according to legal procedures. It is strictly forbidden to extort confessions by torture and collect evidence by threats, enticements, deception or other illegal methods, and no one may be forced to prove his guilt.