Sun, 19 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Two recently issued documents of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) outline the work processes required for the procuratorates to handle public interest litigation cases.
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Sun, 19 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The day after the promulgation of China’s first Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), the Supreme People’s Procuratorate vowed to engage actively in public interest litigation for personal information protection.
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2021, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the “Rules on the Supervision of Civil Proceedings by People's Procuratorates”(人民检察院民事诉讼监督规则) , which, for the first time, includes sham litigation into the scope of cases that procuratorates may initiate supervisory proceedings ex officio.
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In August 2021, the Beijing Haidian District People's Procuratorate moved to file a civil public interest lawsuit against Tencent, alleging the “youth mode” of its WeChat app fails to comply with the Law on the Protection of Minors.
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2021, China's Supreme Procuratorate issued “Guiding Opinions on Establishing a Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for the Compliance of Enterprises Involved in Cases (for Trial Implementation)” (关于建立涉案企业合规第三方监督评估机制的指导意见(试行)), providing guidance on corporate compliance non-prosecution work.
Sat, 09 Jan 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
China’s procuratorates attach importance to public interest litigation in connection with the protection of cultural property.
Thu, 26 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
In the first three quarters of 2020, the prosecutions for wildlife crimes increased significantly.
Tue, 17 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 6 Nov. 2020, The Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院,SPP)’s Prosecutor General Zhang Jun (张军) claims that the SPP has set up a new institution, i.e. Intellectual Property Prosecution Office (知识产权检察办公室,IP Office).
Fri, 17 Apr 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
China's Procurators Law(中华人民共和国检察官法) was enacted in 1995 and amended three times respectively in 2001, 2007 and 2019.
Sun, 22 Dec 2019 China Legal Trends Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has begun to disclose its data periodically, covering arrest, criminal charges and public interest litigation, etc.