On Jan 28, the top 10 procuratorial news and top 10 legal supervision cases of 2025 were unveiled.
The selection of the year's top procuratorial news highlighted several significant developments. The selected news included the incorporation of the provision on strengthening procuratorial supervision and public interest litigation into the Recommendations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, adopted at the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.
Other news included the launch of a special campaign by procuratorates to supervise illegal cross-jurisdictional and profit-driven law enforcement, and the first review by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the draft law on procuratorial public interest litigation. News about the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) establishing new departments dedicated to intellectual property rights protection and procuratorial investigation was also among the top 10.
Other developments featured in the top 10 news included:
The juvenile protection team of Chongqing procuratorates was named "Role Model of the Times", the first within the procuratorial system for its outstanding work in safeguarding minors.
The SPP advanced the establishment of a comprehensive framework for procuratorial practice management by promoting substantive review of every case.
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War, the SPP held a thematic exhibition on the investigation and prosecution of Japanese war criminals, with commemorative activities held by procuratorates nationwide.
Article 66 of the Private Sector Promotion Law mandates legal supervision by procuratorates over litigation involving private businesses and their operators.
The China-Africa Prosecutorial Cooperation Forum, held in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, contributed procuratorial wisdom and solutions to building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
A pivotal proposal to establish an independent knowledge system for Chinese procuratorial studies was put forward during the 26th National Conference on Procuratorial Theory Research.
The top 10 legal supervision cases of 2025 showcased procuratorial organs' role in upholding justice. One case involved the prosecution and severe punishment of members of family-operated syndicates in northern Myanmar, with significant progress in combating related telecom and cyber fraud. In another case, the SPP protested a court judgment concerning a workplace accident death, leading to its reclassification as a work-related injury and upholding workers' rights.
Other cases among the top 10 are:
In Zhejiang province, prosecutors secured a conviction and a six-and-a-half-year sentence to violators for transferring obscene materials to minors on the internet, after going through meticulous electronic evidence investigation.
Administrative public interest litigation was used to address food safety issues in farmers' markets, shifting from post-event rectification to preemptive prevention and safeguarding over 20 million residents.
Procuratorates at four administrative levels consolidated efforts to review a decade-old case, where an accident simulation exposed a cover-up.
The SPP filed a protest for the retrial of a 25-year-old rape and murder case, resulting in the exoneration of suspects including Che Chao.
In corporate governance, the SPP protested a judgment on a dispute over liability for damaging company interests, clarifying that directors should not bear undue responsibility for insufficient shareholder contributions.
Shanghai procuratorates handled a major commercial secret infringement case, holding 14 former employees accountable for illegally acquiring technical information valued at over 300 million yuan ($43.27 million).
Through public interest litigation, the Municipal People's Procuratorate of Shishi, Fujian province, and the Provincial People's Procuratorate of Fujian advanced barrier-free environment construction, benefiting 166,000 individuals with disabilities.
The country's first civil public interest litigation case over excessive medical treatment was concluded, imposing triple punitive damages to deter such misconduct.
This annual selection is organized by the Procuratorate Daily and has been held for 13 consecutive years.
