On July 13, the Procuratorial Committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) held an expanded meeting to analyze and evaluate the case-handling quality and efficiency of procuratorial organs nationwide and the SPP itself during the first half of 2026.
Ying Yong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Prosecutor General of the SPP, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.
According to the case-handling quality analysis report, the number of criminal litigation supervision cases saw a year-on-year increase in the first half of this year. At the same time, the rates of non-approval of arrest, non-prosecution, application of the leniency system for those who plead guilty, and adoption of sentencing recommendations remained stable.
The procedures for provincial-level procuratorates to submit civil protest requests to the SPP were optimized, leading to a year-on-year increase in the number of submitted protest cases.
The report also showed that cases of administrative procuratorial supervision and public interest litigation prosecution remained generally stable, reflecting the continuous strengthening of basic procuratorial functions.
Furthermore, the report highlighted that the number of acquittals reached the lowest level for the same period in three years. The rate of revised rulings following courts' decisions on civil and administrative protests, as well as procuratorial recommendations for retrial, increased year-on-year, while the rate at which courts supported procuratorial public interest litigation after case filing remained high.
Although the total number of public petitions received increased year-on-year, procuratorate-related petitions declined, indicating ongoing improvements in case-handling quality and efficiency.
The SPP recorded the highest number of accepted and concluded cases in four years, with the case resolution rate steadily increasing and case-handling duration further shortened. The SPP also expedited the establishment of systems and mechanisms for high-quality and efficient case handling, issued relevant judicial interpretations and regulatory documents jointly with relevant departments. These efforts have provided strong and effective guidance to lower-level procuratorates, the report noted.
The report also identified key issues requiring attention and further study.
Based on the discussions, Ying emphasized the need to better balance the quality and quantity of case handling, ensuring that every case is truly handled with high quality and efficiency.
He called for improved coordination between institutional frameworks and their implementation by refining legal policies, quality and efficiency standards, work guidelines and operational rules, and continuously improving mechanisms for realizing and evaluating judicial fairness throughout the procuratorial process.
Ying also stressed better coordination between case management and personnel management by implementing and enhancing the judicial accountability system and advancing political development, professional capacity building and professional ethics development in an integrated manner.
He urged efforts to better align work priorities with routine tasks. Procuratorates should drive progress in the quality and efficiency of the overall legal supervision work by delivering solid outcomes in key areas, such as the special campaign to clear up unexecuted prison sentences, the supervision over the termination of civil enforcement procedures, and the campaign to handle supervision cases of effective rulings for administrative lawsuits, he noted.
Leading officials from all SPP departments attended the meeting.
