China eyes better environmental protection, food safety through public interest litigations

File Photo show the gate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. (Xinhua/Kong Jiachen)

China's procuratorial organs will step up efforts to boost environmental protection as well as food and drug safety through filing public interest litigations, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).

The SPP has decided to launch a three-year supervision campaign to target illegal acts that endanger public interest in the field of environmental protection as well as food and drug safety.

The campaign, from July 2020 to June 2023, will focus on important cases and resolving problems that harm the public interest, the SPP said.