Abstract: The current civil procedure legislation deviates from the due functional positioning of small claims proceeding. This biased positioning seriously neglects the protection of litigants’procedural rights，resulting in diminished attractiveness of small claims proceeding to litigants and its low application rate in judicial practice. Small claims proceeding，while seeking efficiency，should follow the fundamental principles of protecting the minimum procedural justice，respecting litigants’freedom of disposition in disputes of private rights，and caring about the operable and remedial nature of rights. The small claims proceeding must clearly allow litigants to fully use their rights of objection to jurisdiction and procedures，consensual choice，agent authorization，minimum attendance of court hearing，and instance level relief. It must also specify the procedures of all these rights.

Key words: civil action, small claims proceeding, procedural right, procedural justice, right relief, legislative perfection