The present situation of detention necessity review system in China
is characterized by high arrest rate of criminal cases and low proportion of
detention necessity review. The reasons lie in the lack of the neutrality of the
subject of examination, the imperfect rules of proof of the necessity of custody,
the lack of rigidity of examination result, the lack of relief measures and the
inadequate application of alternative measures of custody. In response, the
neutrality of the subject of examination should be maintained, reasonably
establish the rules of proof, endow the result of the examination with the
power of enforcement, establish the remedy way of examining the necessity
of detention, and improve the rate of applying the alternative measures of
detention.