Local People's Courts at All Levels

The local people's courts at all levels include higher people's courts, intermediate people's courts, and primary-level people's courts. 

The higher people's courts are those at the provincial level, set up by each of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government. The intermediate people's courts include those at the prefecture level set up in the cities under the jurisdiction of various provinces and autonomous regions, in the municipalities directly under the central government, and in autonomous prefectures, and those set up for special regions in provinces and autonomous regions. The primary-level people's courts refer to those at the county level, set up in the counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts, and municipal districts.

Local people's courts are responsible to and report on their work to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels and their standing committees, and they are also under the supervision of the latter.

地方各級人民法院

地方各級人民法院分為高級人民法院、中級人民法院和基層人民法院。高級人民法院包括省高級人民法院、自治區高級人民法院、直轄市高級人民法院。中級人民法院包括省、自治區轄市的中級人民法院，在直轄市內設立的中級人民法院，自治州中級人民法院，在省、自治區內按地區設立的中級人民法院。基層人民法院包括縣、自治縣人民法院，不設區的市人民法院，市轄區人民法院。

地方各級人民法院對本級人民代表大會及其常務委員會負責并報告工作。各級人民代表大會及其常務委員會對本級人民法院的工作實施監督。