relation,but the relationship between legal supervision and audit quality is notsignificant Furthermore,we find that CPA firm′s scale plays a positive adjustment role when public pressure influences audit quality,and this function is stronger in special general partnership than that in limited liability,andstronger in that without internal training qualifications than that with internal training qualifications Exploring theimpact of public pressure on audit quality enriches the literature on determinants of audit quality and expands researches on economic consequences of public pressure Besides,our results also have reference value for policy makers and contribute to the improvement of media supervisionKeyword:media monitoring,legal supervision,government regulation,audit quality211