AbstractRepresentative Litigation is a kind of group litigation , which is carried on by the parties' representative when there are so many parties on one side who hold or share the same benefits in law, and they can not carry on the joinder by themselves. American Class Action , Germany Group Action and Japanese Action of Parties Selection are relatively on behalf of the worldwide group action system.In fact, our country's representative action system was established by referencing several foreign group action systems and rooting our own circumstance.Through the comparison of the group action system research of different countries in the paper ,the author proposes some ideas of consummating China’s representative action system.Key words: Group Action ; Representative Action System ; System Improvement论民事诉讼中代表人制度的完善我国自 1978 年实行改革开放,社会主义商品经济得以进展,市场在调节社会经济活动中的作用日益增大,相应地社会经济关系日趋复杂,各种纠纷数量不断攀升,性质纷繁复杂,其中群体纠纷越来越受到重视。群体纠纷涉及人数众多,领域各异,具有不可忽视的社会影响力。当单个的纠纷形成一定规模,也就是群体纠纷产生,个人的私利也转化为“公益”,这时需要一种更为适宜的诉讼方式使这种“公益”的实现更为简捷、方便、有效。纵观全世界,对于群体纠纷的解决,各国做法不一,如美国的集团诉讼、日本的选定代表人诉讼,我国的制度设置区别于各国,形成代表人诉讼制度。笔者希望通过对代表人诉讼制度的重要性与困境、与外国群体纠纷解决机制的对比、参加的各方主体的利益诉求等方面的分析,了解我国代表人诉讼制度现在的状况,并针对现状提出一些合理化建议,以促进我国民事诉讼中代表人制度的完善,使其在司法实践中发挥效用,成为我国今后解决群体纠纷的重要的行之有效的手段之一。一、完善我国民事诉讼中代表人制度的重要性我国代表人诉讼制度是在实践中为了解决当事人人数众多、分开审理困难而产生出来的。代表人诉讼制度从建立之初到现在已经有十余年的时间,它在实践中可运用的空蒯还是比较大的,它能有效减...