随着经济的发展和人们维权意识的提高,民事纠纷的种类增多,民事诉讼的数量增大,使法院的审判工作面临前所未有的压力。目前司法改革的重点是:如何合理、有效且高效地利用司法资源、如何通过诉讼保障人权、如何通过诉讼化解社会矛盾促进社会和谐。在新的司法环境下,促使小额诉讼程序应运而生。小额诉讼程序一直是民事诉讼理论与实践关注的焦点问题,小额诉讼程序在我国的正式确立不仅有利于提高诉讼效率,缓解审判压力,更有助于实现司法大众化的需求。 With the development of economy and people’s awareness of safeguarding their rights, the number of civil disputes increases and the number of civil litigation increases, putting courts under trial under unprecedented pressure. At present, the judicial reform focuses on how to use judicial resources rationally, effectively and efficiently, how to protect human rights through litigation, and how to promote social harmony through litigation to resolve social conflicts. In the new judicial environment, the process of small-value proceedings has been prompted. The microfinance procedure has always been the focus of the theory and practice of civil litigation. The formal establishment of the microfinance procedure in our country not only helps to improve the litigation efficiency, ease the pressure of trial, but also helps to realize the need of judicial popularization.