(Selected from the translated work titled The Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, authored by Robert Zhang and Steve Li, criminal defense lawyers registered in Shanghai, China.)
Article 25 A criminal case shall fall under the jurisdiction of the people's court in the place of the crime. Where it is more appropriate for a case to be heard by the people's court in the place of the defendant's residence, the case may be heard by that people's court.
