The case of Zhengzhou East Branch was handed over to the High-tech Zone Procuratorate probably because the Municipal Procuratorate believed that the case did not fall within the scope of the first-instance case accepted by the Intermediate People's Court.

The procuratorate is a state organ generally established in all countries in the world, exercising the state procuratorial power. China's Constitution stipulates: "People's Republic of China (PRC) People's Procuratorate is the state's legal supervision organ." China has established special people's procuratorates such as the Supreme People's Procuratorate, local people's procuratorates at various levels and military procuratorates.