On May 31st, the Supreme People's Court issued a notice announcing that starting from May 31st, 2017, the compensation standard for national compensation decisions made by people's courts at all levels involving infringement of citizens' personal freedom rights is 258.89 yuan per day. The Criminal Appeals Prosecution Department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued a notice today, requiring people's procuratorates at all levels to implement a new daily compensation standard of 258.89 yuan when handling state compensation cases where they are responsible for compensation obligations. This standard has increased by 16.59 yuan compared to the previous year.

How is the latest daily compensation standard determined? The National Compensation Law stipulates that "for those who infringe upon citizens' personal freedom, the daily compensation shall be calculated based on the average daily wage of employees in the previous year." The National Bureau of Statistics announced on May 27 that the average annual wage of non private employees in urban areas in 2016 was 67569 yuan; The average daily salary is 258.89 yuan.

Based on the aforementioned legal provisions, statistical data, and the calculation formula for daily average wages provided by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate have established new daily compensation standards for state compensation cases that violate citizens' personal freedom.