On Nov 19, the Public Interest Litigation Procuratorial Department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) held a meeting in Chuzhou, East China's Anhui province, to advance procuratorial public interest litigation for the protection of workers' rights and interests.
The meeting focused on addressing challenges in safeguarding the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment to serve high-quality demographic development. By reviewing practical experience and conducting case studies, participants explored coordinated efforts for governance, fostering consensus on incorporating the protection of workers' rights and interests into procuratorial public interest litigation.
The meeting was part of efforts to implement the Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law, which came into force on Nov 1, 2025. The law stipulates that those who enforce the law also popularize the law. In this context, the meeting featured storytelling-style sharing of experiences in handling public interest litigation cases.
Prosecutors from seven grassroots procuratorates nationwide, along with trade union representatives and volunteers from the "Yi Xin Wei Gong" ("Public-Minded Volunteers") service platform, such as delivery workers, shared their experiences and insights. In addition, representatives from seven provincial-level procuratorates delivered speeches.
According to the head of the SPP's Public Interest Litigation Procuratorial Department, leveraging procuratorial public interest litigation to safeguard workers' rights and interests is a practical measure to address pressing public concerns and demonstrate the commitment of procuratorial organs to the principle of administering justice for the people.
The official added that efforts will be intensified to strengthen cross-departmental collaboration with government agencies and organizations including human resources and social security departments, trade unions, women's federations, and disabled persons' federations, and to deepen collaboration between procuratorial organs and trade unions under the "one letter, two documents" system, which underscores procuratorial legal supervision and labor law supervision by trade unions. Through enhanced law-based supervision, all parties will work together to build a comprehensive framework for protecting workers' rights and interests.
Wei Zhen and Lyu Hui, deputies to the National People's Congress, along with representatives from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation, and the China Disabled Persons' Federation, attended the meeting and provided suggestions for the work in the next step. Personnel from the public interest litigation procuratorial divisions of the SPP and provincial-level procuratorates were also present.
