Beijing: China’s procuratorial authorities have intensified efforts to safeguard the elderly, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups through public interest litigation, as announced by the country’s top judicial body.
According to Namibia Press Agency, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) revealed at a press conference that procuratorial agencies across the nation managed 3,318 cases related to the protection of the elderly, people with disabilities, as well as female, migrant, and new types of workers in the first eleven months of 2024.
The SPP highlighted that prosecutors have targeted major social issues and key areas that infringe upon public interests, including employment discrimination against women, unlicensed elderly care institutions, and issues concerning employment security funds for the disabled.
The protection of rights and interests of vulnerable groups remains a crucial aspect of public interest litigation in China. The SPP reported that over 140,000 public interest litigation cases were addressed between January and November last year.
The SPP further emphasized that in handling public interest cases, procuratorial authorities have given priority to problems directly affecting the public, such as ecological protection, drug and food safety, personal information protection, and telecommunications fraud.
In the first eleven months of the previous year, authorities resolved 55,000 cases related to ecological and resource protection, handled 23,000 cases involving drug and food safety, and addressed 4,848 cases concerning personal information protection, as reported by the SPP.