China's procuratorial organs have launched a yearlong public interest litigation campaign to strengthen water pollution control in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
China is increasingly turning to a powerful legal tool in its fight against pollution: procuratorial public interest litigation. By leveraging the possibility of legal action, prosecutors are helping break down bureaucratic barriers and strengthen environmental law enforcement.
As environmental crimes increasingly cross borders and threaten ecosystems, communities and sustainable development, prosecutors and experts called for stronger cooperation to close enforcement gaps and improve global environmental governance at a roundtable meeting in Beijing on June 8.
The SPP pledged to intensify efforts against business-related crimes, including internal corruption, contract fraud, embezzlement and bid rigging, in a bid to strengthen legal protections for private enterprises.
China's procuratorial authorities recorded a decline in both juvenile crime cases and crimes against minors submitted for prosecution in 2025 for the first time in nearly five years, as prosecutors strengthened early intervention, targeted correction and broader social governance, the SPP said.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) is the highest procuratorial organ of the People's Republic of China. It leads the work of the people's procuratorates at all levels and specialized people's procuratorates and is responsible for and reports its work to the National People's Congress (NPC) and its Standing Committee.
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