China News Service, May 13th Hu Weilie, Director of the Eighth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, pointed out that from January to November 2019, procuratorates nationwide handled 65,477 cases in the field of ecological environment and resource protection, accounting for public interest litigation cases. 57.51% of the total number of cases handled, promote the remediation of a number of "garbage mountains", "Heishui River", "contaminated mines" and other issues.

  On the 13th, the Supreme People's Procuratorate held an online interview to improve the ecological environment public interest litigation system and increase the judicial protection of the ecological environment. How can the public interest litigation prosecution work? How to help economic development and beautiful ecology win-win? Hu Weilie answered.

  "Over the past year, national procuratorates have made the service of pollution prevention and control a top priority, focusing on the treatment of black and odorous water bodies, heavy metal emissions, solid waste disposal, domestic garbage disposal, radioactive chemical management and other issues. , Guarding the blue sky, clear water, pure land. "Hu Weilie said.

  He pointed out that from January to November 2019, procuratorial organs across the country handled a total of 65,477 cases in the field of ecological environment and resource protection, accounting for 57.51% of the total number of cases handled, and promoted the rectification of a batch of "garbage mountains", "Heishui River" and "contaminated mines". problem.

  Hu Weilie made a three-point summary of the public prosecution procuratorial work of procuratorial organs across the country. One is to insist on special promotion. In response to the problems of arbitrarily occupying and arbitrarily picking up and arranging and damaging the Yellow River ecological environment and threatening the safety of river flooding, the Supreme People ’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Water Resources deployed a special action of "joining the four chaos and protecting the mother river", and filed 1097 public interest litigation cases. Supervise to clean up 1,707 acres of polluted water, clean up 1.387 million tons of domestic and construction waste, and demolish illegal buildings of 808,000 square meters. Deployed 11 coastal provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities procuratorial organs to carry out special supervision of procuratorial public welfare litigation of “guarding the ocean”. As of November, a total of 1385 cases were filed, focusing on the establishment of sewage outfalls into the sea, prevention of land-based pollution, prevention and control of marine pollution, etc. Perform duties to protect the marine ecological environment and marine resources.

  The second is to highlight problem orientation. In August 2019, the Water Pollution Prevention Law Enforcement Inspection Report reviewed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress listed six types of problems such as the lagging treatment of some black and smelly water bodies and the obvious shortcomings of urban sewage treatment facilities. The Supreme Prosecutor seriously reflected on the serious absence of the procuratorial function and quickly followed up, focusing on the listing of 51 case clues. As of November, a total of 49 cases were filed and 41 procuratorial suggestions were issued. Attorney General Zhang Jun and Deputy Attorney General Zhang Xueqiao led a field investigation, supervised the relevant local procuratorial organs to perform their duties conscientiously, and promoted corrective actions.

  The third is to eliminate the difficulties in handling cases. The Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Eco-Environment and other 9 ministries and commissions signed the "Opinions on Strengthening Collaboration in Procuratorial Public Welfare Lawsuits and Fighting Pollution Prevention and Control in accordance with the Law" to promote the resolution of difficulties in jurisdiction and environmental damage identification. Coordinated with the Ministry of Justice to establish a mechanism for environmental public interest litigation before appraisal, 58 appraisal agencies have promised not to collect appraisal fees in advance. Jointly set up a joint laboratory for eco-environment identification with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to guide the construction of rapid testing laboratories in various regions and provide technical guarantee for handling environmental protection cases. Aiming at the cross-regional characteristics of cases of damage to the ecological environment, the highest prosecution cross-province handover or transfer of case clues, explore the regional coordination mechanism of public interest litigation handling cases. Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places explored the establishment of a special fund for public welfare litigation damage compensation, innovating public welfare repair methods, and opening up the “last mile” of public welfare protection.