Progress reported in crackdown on crimes

The number of people prosecuted in cases related to disturbing social order declined last year, while the number of public interest litigation cases increased, especially in the field of environmental protection, according to the annual work report of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

Procuratorates nationwide dealt with 3,637,000 cases, up 20.9 percent year-on-year. Among these, 635,000 were criminal, civil and administrative cases, up 24.4 percent year-on-year, according to the report, which was submitted for review on March 8 to the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature.

Compared with the figure in 2020, the number of crimes affecting public order declined last year, as the number of prosecuted people involved in organized crime decreased 70.5 percent and those involved in brawls and provoking trouble declined 20.9 percent.

The number of public interest litigation cases increased by 12.3 percent year-on-year.