The hearing of the procuratorate means that the case is controversial or influential, and it is necessary to listen to the opinions of the parties and other relevant personnel face to face. Hearing refers to the case review activities in which the people's procuratorate organizes hearings on qualified cases and listens to the opinions of the hearing officers and other participants on issues such as fact finding, law application and case handling.

First, the principles of the procuratorate:

1, the principle of independently exercising procuratorial power according to law;

2. The principle that the higher-level procuratorate leads the lower-level procuratorate;

3. The principle of being responsible to the organs of state power according to law;

4. The principle of division of responsibilities, mutual cooperation and mutual restraint;

5. The principle of equality in the application of law;

6. The principle of taking facts as the basis and law as the criterion;

7. The principle of relying on the masses;

8. The principle of openness in procuratorial work;

9. Strengthen internal control and standardize business work.

Two, the functions of the procuratorate:

1. Criminal prosecution: The procuratorial organs perform their duties in criminal cases, such as examining and approving arrests, prosecuting, supervising public security, courts, prisons, etc., which are the criminal procuratorial functions performed by procuratorial organs;

2. Civil procuratorial work: the procuratorial organs supervise the whole process of acceptance, trial, trial and execution of civil cases by handling civil procuratorial supervision cases, and supervise whether the judgment results of the people's courts are fair, whether the trial procedures and execution activities are legal, which is the civil procuratorial function performed by the procuratorial organs;

3. Administrative procuratorial work: the people's procuratorates supervise the people's courts in hearing and executing administrative litigation cases according to law, promote the administrative organs to exercise their functions and powers according to law, safeguard judicial justice and judicial authority, safeguard national interests and social interests, protect the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and ensure the unified and correct implementation of national laws;

4. Public interest litigation: When social public interests such as ecological environment and food and drug safety are infringed, no one files a lawsuit or the relevant authorities are lazy in performing their duties, the procuratorial organ may file a public interest litigation, which is the procuratorial function of public interest litigation performed by the procuratorial organ.

Legal basis: Provisions on the Trial of Cases by People's Procuratorates Article 17 If a people's procuratorate can make a decision on the spot based on the facts, evidence and relevant laws and regulations that have been ascertained after fully listening to the opinions of all parties, the presiding hearer shall announce it on the spot and explain the reasons; If it is impossible to make a decision on the spot, it shall make a decision according to law after the hearing, announce it to the parties and serve it, and inform the hearing officer of the decision and reasons.