Promoting Ecological Progress with Procuratorial Services
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the improvement of environmental governance in key basins in the Beijing-TianjinHebei region, Yangtze River Delta, and Sanjiangyuan Area. For example, aware of the
strategic importance of environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) for protecting
the ecology of the Yangtze River and promoting the development of the Yangtze
River Economic Belt, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate held a symposium on the
procuratorial work of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, a forum on procuratorial
services in the Zone, and explored a working mechanism for public interest litigation
(PIL) across the 11 provincial administrative regions along the Yangtze River. It has
jointly organized a special action to protect the Mother River with the Ministry of
Water Resources, coordinating procuratorial organs and river chief’s offices in the
nine provincial-level administrative regions along the Yellow River to crack down
on illegal occupation, mining, piling and construction along it and use legal weapons
to protect the ecological environment of the Yellow River basin. The practice of the
procuratorial organs has been affirmed by the central government. In their respective
plan for the National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi,
and Hainan all speak positively the environment-related procuratorial work and raise
specific requirements.
The environment-related procuratorial work must be closely aligned with the FiveSphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy for developing
socialism with Chinese characteristics. Special efforts must be made in the following
aspects. First, we must combine Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization with
Xi’s new concepts, new thoughts, and new strategies for promoting the rule of law
in every dimension of state governance, to guide the environment-related procuratorial work. We must follow the new vision of innovative, coordinated, green, and
open development that is for everyone, and the concept that “lucid waters and lush
mountains are invaluable assets” and the concept of supervision for win-win results,
to change our mindset and advance the innovation and development of environmentrelated procuratorial work in the new era. Second, we must focus on the center while
adopting a holistic view, and enhance the acumen and initiative to serve ecological conservation. We shall earnestly implement the Opinions on Comprehensively
Strengthening Ecological and Environmental Protection and Resolutely Fighting
Pollution issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and Resolution on Comprehensively Strengthening Ecological and Environmental Protection
and Promoting Pollution Control in Accordance with the Law issued by the Standing
Committee of National People’s Congress, and find out how and where procuratorial
powers can serve the high-quality economic development and contribute to ecological and environmental protection, and the governance of key regional river basins.
Third, we must truly put people at the center of our work, and allow them to enjoy the
benefits of ecological conservation and rule of law. The environment-related procuratorial work should be for the people. We shall employ the rule-of-law thinking
and legal means to address the common environmental concerns of the people, and
continue to enhance the people’s sense of gain, happiness and security. Fourth, we
must reform, innovate and respect the pioneering initiative at the community level.
Without compromising the integrity and unity of the rule of law for the ecology and
environment, we shall encourage and support local procuratorial organs to proceed
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the improvement of environmental governance in key basins in the Beijing-TianjinHebei region, Yangtze River Delta, and Sanjiangyuan Area. For example, aware of the
strategic importance of environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) for protecting
the ecology of the Yangtze River and promoting the development of the Yangtze
River Economic Belt, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate held a symposium on the
procuratorial work of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, a forum on procuratorial
services in the Zone, and explored a working mechanism for public interest litigation
(PIL) across the 11 provincial administrative regions along the Yangtze River. It has
jointly organized a special action to protect the Mother River with the Ministry of
Water Resources, coordinating procuratorial organs and river chief’s offices in the
nine provincial-level administrative regions along the Yellow River to crack down
on illegal occupation, mining, piling and construction along it and use legal weapons
to protect the ecological environment of the Yellow River basin. The practice of the
procuratorial organs has been affirmed by the central government. In their respective
plan for the National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi,
and Hainan all speak positively the environment-related procuratorial work and raise
specific requirements.
The environment-related procuratorial work must be closely aligned with the FiveSphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy for developing
socialism with Chinese characteristics. Special efforts must be made in the following
aspects. First, we must combine Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization with
Xi’s new concepts, new thoughts, and new strategies for promoting the rule of law
in every dimension of state governance, to guide the environment-related procuratorial work. We must follow the new vision of innovative, coordinated, green, and
open development that is for everyone, and the concept that “lucid waters and lush
mountains are invaluable assets” and the concept of supervision for win-win results,
to change our mindset and advance the innovation and development of environmentrelated procuratorial work in the new era. Second, we must focus on the center while
adopting a holistic view, and enhance the acumen and initiative to serve ecological conservation. We shall earnestly implement the Opinions on Comprehensively
Strengthening Ecological and Environmental Protection and Resolutely Fighting
Pollution issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and Resolution on Comprehensively Strengthening Ecological and Environmental Protection
and Promoting Pollution Control in Accordance with the Law issued by the Standing
Committee of National People’s Congress, and find out how and where procuratorial
powers can serve the high-quality economic development and contribute to ecological and environmental protection, and the governance of key regional river basins.
Third, we must truly put people at the center of our work, and allow them to enjoy the
benefits of ecological conservation and rule of law. The environment-related procuratorial work should be for the people. We shall employ the rule-of-law thinking
and legal means to address the common environmental concerns of the people, and
continue to enhance the people’s sense of gain, happiness and security. Fourth, we
must reform, innovate and respect the pioneering initiative at the community level.
Without compromising the integrity and unity of the rule of law for the ecology and
environment, we shall encourage and support local procuratorial organs to proceed