The simplified procedure in China has more superiority at some aspects:the applied scope of cases?the way of trial and the advantages that a defendant can obtain.

Due to the limit of the present system design,there are such problems as low efficiency and single channel in dispute settlement in China s civil procedure,which makes it necessary to strengthen the role of preliminary trial,reform the simplified procedure and transform the court mediation into court-affiliated ADR.

Nowadays, many other countries began to design and apply the simplified procedure to divide up the cases and the trend is diversified.

The simple procedure,added in administrative procedural law,may ease the conflicts of more administrative cases and judicial resource shortage.

Since simplifying the proceedings is the mainstream,the simple procedure becomes the focus of widespread attention in the world.

The Standard of Summary Procedure s Application Scope;

On the defendants options of applying to summary procedure;

On Several Justice Requirements in the Criminal Summary Procedure;

Our criminal summary procedure is simple not only in the type(there is only one kind), but also in the design(lack of regulation to guarantee defendant s right).

The Supreme Court,the Supreme Procuratorate and the Judicatory Ministry issued unitedly some new rules of criminal summary procedure on March 14,2003,which was named "Certain Opinions Concerning the Application of Criminal Summary Procedure on the Trial of Public Prosecution Cases".