Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Judicature Appraised Management was adopted on February 28, 2005 at the Fourteenth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress, and effective as of October 1, 2005. It defines that judicature appraisal refers to the act that the appraiser utilizes science and technology or professional knowledge to appraise and judge the special issues concerning the lawsuit and put forward appraisal suggestions.

Decree No. 96 of Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China, measures for the Management of Judicature Appraisal Organization, was approved by the State Counsel, and effective as of September 9, 2005. Judicature Appraisal Organization is the organization of the certified appraisers, it should have got the qualifications prescribed hereby, be registered by the provincial judicial administrative organs and obtains the Judicature Appraisal Certificate. It should perform judicature appraisal within the scope registered. The provincial judicial administrative organs take charge of the registration, administration, supervision and inspection of the judicature appraisal organizations within its own administrative districts.

Measures for the Management of Judicature Appraisal Organization was approved by the State Counsel, and adopted on September 9, 2005. The judicature Appraisal must fulfill one of the following conditions: holding a concerning title of high professional technical post; holding a concerning certificate or having a college or higher education with a concerning major, and having engaged in the relating work for more than five years; those who engage in the experienced or technical type of appraisal should have been embarking on concerning work for more than ten years and maintain material professional capability.      

Article 63. Evidence shall be classified as follows:
(1) documentary evidence;
(2) material evidence;
(3) audio-visual reference material;
(4) testimony of witnesses;
(5) statements of the parties;
(6) expert conclusions; and
(7) records of inquests.
Any of the above-mentioned evidence must be verified before it can be taken as a basis for ascertaining a fact.
Article 72. when the people's court deems it necessary to make an evaluation of a specialized problem, it shall refer the problem to an authentication department authorized by law for the evaluation. In the absence of such department, the people's court shall appoint an authentication department to make the evaluation.
The authentication department and the expert witness designated by the department shall have the right to consult the case materials necessary for the evaluation and direct inquiries to the parties and witnesses when circumstances require.
The authentication department and expert witness shall present a written conclusion of the evaluation and affix his seal or signature to it. With respect to an evaluation made by an expert witness, the unit to which the expert witness belong shall certify his status by affixing its seal to the expert conclusion.

Article 31
Evidence includes the following types:
(1). documentary evidence;
(2). material evidence;
(3). audio-video material;
(4). testimony of witnesses;
(5). statements of the parties;
(6). expert conclusions; and
(7). records of inquests and records made on the scene.
Any of the above-mentioned evidence must be verified by the court before it can be taken as a basis for ascertaining a fact.
Article 35 In the course of legal proceedings, when a people's court considers that an expert evaluation for a specialized problem is necessary, the issue shall be entrusted to a statutory expert evaluation department for an expert evaluation. In absence of such a statutory expert evaluation department, the people's court shall designate one evaluation department to conduct an expert evaluation.

Article 42 All facts that prove the true circumstances of a case shall be evidence.
There shall be the following seven categories of evidence:
(1) material evidence and documentary evidence;
(2) testimony of witnesses;
(3) statements of victims;
(4) statements and exculpations of criminal suspects or defendants;
(5) expert conclusions;
(6) records of inquests and examination; and
(7) audio-visual materials.
And of the above evidence must be verified before it can be used as the basis for deciding cases.
Article 119 When certain special problems relating to a case need to be solved in order to clarify the circumstances of the case, experts shall be assigned or invited to give their evaluations.
Article 120 After evaluating a matter, the experts shall write a conclusion of expert evaluation and affix his signature to it. Reverification necessitated by disputes over medical verification of personal injuries and medical verification of mental illness shall be conducted by a hospital designated by a people's government at the affixed.
If an expert intentionally makes a false verification, he shall assume legal responsibility.
Article 121 The investigation organ shall notify the criminal suspect and the victim of the conclusion of the expert verification which will be used as evidence in his case. A supplementary expert verification or another expert verification any be conducted upon application submitted by the criminal suspect or the victim.