Promoting Ecological Progress with Procuratorial Services
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down on crimes of ecological and environmental damage. Adapting to the diverse
requirements for ecological and environment restoration, we should strengthen legal
protection, improve the punishment for environment and resources-related crimes,
explore more non-custodial forms of punishment, and gradually remove legal obstacles to restorative justice. We should better the working model for restorative justice in
environmental cases, improve the evaluation and supervision mechanism for restorative justice, focus on the application of the ecological restoration results, and establish
a sound comprehensive governance mechanism for restorative justice in environmental cases participated by multiple parties. In particular, it’s clearly stipulated
that for criminals who offer restorative compensation and who strictly perform the
agreement, discretionary non-prosecution or discretionary lighter sentencing may be
proposed as appropriate.
3 Continuing to Control Pollution from the Source,
Strengthening the Effective Alignment Between
Procuratorial Services and Social Governance,
and Promoting the Establishment of a Long-Term
Management Mechanism for Ecological Conservation
General Secretary Xi Jinping once emphasized the need to “actively build an environmental governance system led by the government, with enterprises as the main
body, and participated by social organizations and the public.” Building a socialist
ecological civilization concerns every individual and sector in the society. It requires
both a top-down institutional design by the government and mass operations from
bottom up. We shall extensively promote the Beautiful China Initiative that is by all
and for all, produce a strong synergy, and create an environment in which ecological
conservation is valued and practiced by all and at all times. As the legal supervision agency, procuratorial organs play a unique and irreplaceable role in prompting
administrative organs to administer according to the law and citizens to abide by law
in environmental governance.
First, while handling cases, they should promote environmental governance from
the source. The system for developing an ecological civilization, as systematic and
complete as it is, covers strict prevention at the source, strict in-process management,
and severe punishment for consequences. Procuratorial organs shall better combine
case handling with regional governance, promptly issue procuratorial recommendations to relevant departments in the course of case handling, identify and solve
common problems in individual cases, and promote the establishment of long-term
management mechanisms. We shall urge relevant departments to improve systems,
close loopholes, and promote social governance innovation in such areas as ecological
conservation and economic management. It is necessary to strengthen investigation
and research, analyze problems with ecological conservation, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions for the decision-making of the Party committees and
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down on crimes of ecological and environmental damage. Adapting to the diverse
requirements for ecological and environment restoration, we should strengthen legal
protection, improve the punishment for environment and resources-related crimes,
explore more non-custodial forms of punishment, and gradually remove legal obstacles to restorative justice. We should better the working model for restorative justice in
environmental cases, improve the evaluation and supervision mechanism for restorative justice, focus on the application of the ecological restoration results, and establish
a sound comprehensive governance mechanism for restorative justice in environmental cases participated by multiple parties. In particular, it’s clearly stipulated
that for criminals who offer restorative compensation and who strictly perform the
agreement, discretionary non-prosecution or discretionary lighter sentencing may be
proposed as appropriate.
3 Continuing to Control Pollution from the Source,
Strengthening the Effective Alignment Between
Procuratorial Services and Social Governance,
and Promoting the Establishment of a Long-Term
Management Mechanism for Ecological Conservation
General Secretary Xi Jinping once emphasized the need to “actively build an environmental governance system led by the government, with enterprises as the main
body, and participated by social organizations and the public.” Building a socialist
ecological civilization concerns every individual and sector in the society. It requires
both a top-down institutional design by the government and mass operations from
bottom up. We shall extensively promote the Beautiful China Initiative that is by all
and for all, produce a strong synergy, and create an environment in which ecological
conservation is valued and practiced by all and at all times. As the legal supervision agency, procuratorial organs play a unique and irreplaceable role in prompting
administrative organs to administer according to the law and citizens to abide by law
in environmental governance.
First, while handling cases, they should promote environmental governance from
the source. The system for developing an ecological civilization, as systematic and
complete as it is, covers strict prevention at the source, strict in-process management,
and severe punishment for consequences. Procuratorial organs shall better combine
case handling with regional governance, promptly issue procuratorial recommendations to relevant departments in the course of case handling, identify and solve
common problems in individual cases, and promote the establishment of long-term
management mechanisms. We shall urge relevant departments to improve systems,
close loopholes, and promote social governance innovation in such areas as ecological
conservation and economic management. It is necessary to strengthen investigation
and research, analyze problems with ecological conservation, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions for the decision-making of the Party committees and