福建省南平市中级人民法院潘少军认为:影响刑事诉讼中证人出庭作证少的因素主要有:一、一些法官对证人出庭作证的重要性认识不足,仍满足于在法庭调查中宣读证人证言。二、证人保护制度上的滞后性。三、立法上的因素。一是对证人是否必须出庭作证无明确规定。二是法律没有规定证人不出庭作证所要承担的不利法律后果。三是法律没有规定证人出庭作证的经济补偿问题。四、公民的法律意识普遍不高,且 According to Pan Shaojun, Intermediate People’s Court of Nanping City, Fujian Province, the factors that affect the fewer witnesses to appear in court in criminal proceedings include: First, some judges are not sufficiently aware of the importance of witness in court and are still content to read the witness testimony before a court investigation. Second, the lagging nature of witness protection system. Third, the legislative factors. First, there is no clear stipulation on whether the witness must testify in court. Second, the law does not provide for adverse legal consequences to be borne by witnesses not to appear in court. Third, the law does not provide for the economic compensation of witnesses appearing in court to testify. Fourth, the legal awareness of citizens is generally not high, and