人民陪审制度在我国一直备受争议甚至面临存废的处境。2009年8月,漳州市在全国首创任命了8名长期在漳州工作的台湾同胞担任法院的涉台案件人民陪审员。此举在实践中取得突出成效,给目前处境尴尬的我国陪审制度注入了新鲜血液。有感于此,文章以漳州台胞陪审员试点工作在社会矛盾化解方面的成效为视角,探索有着“布衣法官”之称的人民陪审员的职能拓展之径。 People’s jury system in our country has been controversial or even facing the situation of deposit and withdrawal. In August 2009, Zhangzhou City, the first in the country, appointed eight Taiwanese compatriots who work in Zhangzhou for a long time as people’s court jurors in Taiwan. This has achieved outstanding results in practice, injecting fresh blood into the jury system in our country, which is in an awkward position. In this sense, this article attempts to explore the function expansion of the people’s jurors who have the title of “commoner” in the perspective of the effectiveness of the pilot work of Zhangzhou compatriots in resolving social conflicts.