Legal analysis: Wanted order refers to the legal documents made by public security organs to arrest criminal suspects who have escaped or been detained or arrested, as well as criminals who have escaped from prison. Wanted order is a written notice issued by the corresponding subject in order to arrest the criminal suspect who should be arrested and escaped. It can only be issued by public security organs at or above the county level, and no other organ, group, enterprise, institution or individual may issue a wanted order by itself.

Legal basis: If the criminal suspect who should be arrested according to Article 155 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is at large, the public security organ may issue a wanted order and take effective measures to pursue and bring him to justice. Public security organs at all levels can directly issue wanted orders within their respective jurisdictions; Beyond the scope of this jurisdiction, it shall be reported to the higher authorities that have the right to decide to publish it.