审判方式改革的一个主要价值目标就是要降低诉讼成本,提高诉讼效率。目前我国审判实践中存在低效率现象的一个重要原因就是因为我国诉讼程序中并没有审前程序。因此,笔者认为,我国引进审前程序实乃势在必行,大势所趋。本文拟对此作初步探讨。一、审前程序的概述所谓审前程序是指为审理程序进行事前准备的 One of the major goals of the trial mode reform is to reduce litigation costs and improve the efficiency of litigation. At present, one of the important reasons for the low efficiency in trial practice in our country is that there are no pretrial procedures in China’s litigation procedure. Therefore, I believe that the introduction of pretrial procedures in China is an imperative, the trend of the times. This article intends to make a preliminary discussion of this. First, the overview of pre-trial procedure The so-called pre-trial procedure refers to the trial procedures for the preparation in advance