HARBIN: China does not rule out the adoption of Western practices in building its procuratorial system, a senior prosecutor said yesterday.

"The accuracy and efficiency of the Chinese procuratorial system, however, must be tested through the country's judicial practice, rather than judging it according to Western judicial concepts," Zhang Geng, executive deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said.

"Western methods may be observed for reference purposes, but we cannot blindly duplicate and integrate Western judicial practice into our nation."