为讲好中国故事，消除外国友人的误解，作者充分发挥其工作单位北京外国语大学法学院的语言优势，以英文写作本书，并以中国刑事诉讼法的现行规定为主线，介绍中国当代刑事诉讼制度的历史沿革、管辖、诉讼参与人，以及刑事强制措施等内容，并对刑事诉讼的不同阶段进行了深入细致的阐述。本书不仅能为英语为主要阅读语言的人群了解中国的法律制度提供详实的资料，同时，也能为国内法学教师及学生提高法律英语表达能力、探索比较法研究新方向提供思路。

郑曦 ---------------------------- 郑曦，北京外国语大学法学院教授、博士生导师。著有《警察暂时性人身限制权研究》《侦查讯问程序研究》《非法证据排除规则的理论与实践》（合著）、The Power of the Police in China: Police Behavior and Human Rights Protection in Criminal Investigation Process等多部著作，在《中国法学》《中外法学》等核心期刊发表论文40余篇，主持国家社会科学基金青年项目、中国法学会部级重点课题、教育部人文社会科学项目等多个项目。 Zheng Xi is a professor and PhD supervisor of Beijing Foreign Studies University Law School. He is the author of many books such as On the Power of Police to Temporarily Restrict Personal Freedom, The Interrogation Process in Criminal Investigation, The Theory and Practice of Exclusion Rule of Illegal Evidence (co-authored), and The Power of the Police in China: Police Behavior and Human Rights Protection in Criminal Investigation Process. He has published more than 40 academic papers in journals indexed in CSSCI, including China Legal Science, Peking University Law Journal and others. He also has led many projects such as Youth Program of The National Social Science Fund of China, Key Project of Ministerial Level Law Research Projects of China Law Society, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Projects of the Ministry of Education.

Preface Chapter One An Overview of Criminal Procedure in China 1.Legislation and Amendment Process of the Existing Criminal Procedure Law 2. Types of cases 3. Litigation stage 4. Litigation principles Chapter Two Special Organs for Criminal Proceedings and Their Jurisdiction 1. Investigation Organs 2. Public Prosecution Organs 3. People's Courts 4. Executing Organs 5.Jurisdiction System Chapter Three Participants in Litigation and Their Rights 1. Criminal Suspect and Relevant Defense System 2. The Defendant and Relevant Defense System 3. Victims and Their Rights 4. Witnesses and Their Rights 5.Other Litigation Participants Chapter Four Restriction on and Deprivation of Freedom of Criminal Suspect and Defendant 1. Forced appearance 2. Bail 3. Residential Confinement 4. Detention 5. Arrest Chapter Five Pre-Trial Phase 1. Case Filing 2. Investigation 3.Prosecution Chapter Six Trial Stages 1. First Instance 2. Second Instance 3. Review of Death Sentences 4. Trial Supervision Chapter Seven Execution 1. Death Sentence with Immediate Execution 2. Punishment against Liberty 3. Punishment against Property Chapter Eight Sepcial Procedure 1. Incidental Civil Action 2. Procedures for Juvenile Criminal Cases 3. Procedures for Public Prosecution Cases Where Parties Have Reached Settlement 4. Procedure for Trial in Absentia 5. Confiscation Procedure for Illegal Income in Cases Where the Criminal Suspect or Defendant Escapes or Dies 6. Procedures for Involuntary Medical Treatment of Mental Patients Legally Exempted from Criminal Liabilities