A Comparative Analysis of the Rules of Cross-examination of Expert Witnesses

The recent legislation of China has established the principle of cross-examination of expert witnesses in civil procedure.However, it is quite often in practice that expert witnesses do not appear in hearing because of lack of detailed rules, which has adverse influence to judicial justice.In my opinion, China should refer to the advanced legislations in both Civil Law System and Common Law System, and establish the rules of appearing in court testimony for expert witnesses, the content of cross-examination of expert witnesses, and the rules of expert assistants participating in cross-examination.All these should also be reflected in the next amendment of the Civil Procedure Law of China.