The 2025 Cross-Strait Procuratorial System Seminar was held in Putian, East China's Fujian province, on Sept 5.
Shi Weizhong, Vice-President of the Society of Public Prosecutors of China; Shi Haoyong, Advisor to the Fujian Law Society; Lin Huihuang, Chairman of the Association of Cross-Strait Legal Exchange; and Liu Hua, a participant specially invited by the Fujian Society of Public Prosecutors, attended the seminar.
Hou Jianjun, Chairman of the Fujian Society of Public Prosecutors, presided over the opening ceremony.
Addressing the meeting, Shi Weizhong said that since its inception in 2015, the Cross-Strait Procuratorial System Seminar has become a solid bridge for legal professionals across the Taiwan Strait to promote sincere communication, conduct close exchanges and consolidate consensus. It also serves as a key platform for fostering mutual trust and friendship for those engaged in legal research and practice on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, with its scale and influence steadily growing.
In recent years, procuratorial organs have effectively fulfilled their duties of legal supervision and handled each case with high quality and efficiency, resulting in numerous reform outcomes and practical experiences, he said.
He pointed out that this year's seminar, themed "Challenges of Procuratorial Practice in the Digital Era and Responses," directly addresses the difficulties faced by procuratorial practice in the digital age, and helps procuratorial organs across the Strait update mindsets and enhance capabilities.
Shi Weizhong expressed hope that legal professionals across the Strait will continue to deepen and broaden their exchanges, enrich the contemporary connotations of Chinese judicial culture and jointly advance the progress and development of Chinese judicial civilization.
Hou highlighted the fruitful achievements legal professionals and prosecutors from both sides of the Strait have achieved through exchanges and mutual learning over the past decade, noting that the procuratorial systems of both sides share common roots.
He expressed hope that prosecutors across the Strait would further deepen exchanges and collaboratively promote the development and improvement of procuratorial systems, contributing procuratorial wisdom and strength to integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
A total of 109 professionals engaged in legal research and practice across the Taiwan Strait gathered to review the seminar's decade-long development, summarize achievements, and envision prospects for the future.
Participants engaged in discussions under the theme "Challenges of Procuratorial Practice in the Digital Era and Responses," focusing on three key topics: "Research on Legal Application Issues of New Types of Property Crimes Involving Virtual Currency," "Research on the Collection and Acceptance of Digital Evidence," and "Research on Compulsory Measures and Disposal of Case-Related Property."