What is the optimal solution for public interest litigation and ecological protection? "Most Jiangnan" gives you the answer →

In July 2017, the procuratorial public interest litigation system was officially established, and it has just been five years since. Over the past five years, procuratorates across the country have actively implemented procuratorial public interest litigation and created a public interest procuratorial brand. Taking the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate of Shanghai as an example, in order to better implement the ecological civilization idea of ​​", clear waters and green mountains are Jinshan and Yinshan " proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping, unswervingly promote green development, ensure the construction of Qingpu New City , for the Green ecology builds a "procuratorial barrier", and the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate officially released the "Most Jiangnan" public welfare procuratorial brand on June 8, 2022.

Create the core concept of urban water integration

The brand benchmarks the image of Qingpu New City with "high-value, most Jiangnan, innovative core", and follows the core concept of water as the pulse and urban water integration, to create a "most Jiangnan" public welfare inspection brand , to strengthen the supply of inspection products in the ecological field in a targeted manner, assist regional governance, and respond to the new needs of people's lives. Point out the characteristics of the public interest litigation company with "benefit"; integrate the characteristics of the iconic landscape "Water City Gate" in Qingpu to convey the urban connotation of being like water and people-oriented; integrate the elements of inspection and emblem, indicate that the procurator is the attribute of the people, and demonstrate the responsibility of the procurator; use The turquoise tone reflects the core concept of green Qingpu.

Since July 2017, the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate of Shanghai has launched public interest litigation procuratorates, focusing on the fields of ecological environment resources, food and drug safety, national wealth and land, etc. Up to now, a total of 371 cases have been filed, and pre-litigation procuratorial suggestions and consultation letters have been prepared. In 218 cases, 15 criminal incidental civil public interest lawsuits were filed with the court, urging to clean up more than 250,000 tons of various solid wastes, rectify 37 black and odorous rivers, recover 113,000 yuan for ecological restoration costs, and promote the restoration of 626 mu of land.

In December 2021, the administrative public interest litigation case for urging enterprises to rectify illegal emissions of waste gas was selected as one of the top ten typical cases of public interest litigation in Shanghai procuratorial organs in 2021; in the same month, the administrative public interest litigation case for urging the New Fourth Army slogan on the protection of red cultural relics was selected as the 2021 public interest litigation in Shanghai procuratorial organs Ten typical cases. In January 2022, the public interest litigation case for urging the rectification of urban light pollution was selected as a typical case of light pollution control by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

"Hundred rivers surround villages and towns, thousands of bridges lie on blue waves", Qingpu is built on the water and prospered by the water. There are 1936 rivers and 21 natural lakes in the whole area. It is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. To protect a pond of clear water is to protect the lifeline and heritage of Qingpu. This is also the direction that the public welfare prosecutors of the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate have been striving to protect. Since 2020, the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate has focused on issues such as black odor, peculiar smell, water pollution, and river bank encroachment, and handled a total of 32 public interest litigation cases, helping to create a riverside lake, clear water, green shore, shallow fish, and waterfront. the aquatic environment.

Public Interest Litigation and the "Optimum Solution" for Ecological Protection

The Qingpu District People's Procuratorate has actively explored public welfare restoration methods in handling a number of ecological damage compensation cases such as excessive emission of corporate waste gas and damage to greening. Guide the parties to take the initiative to repair the damaged ecological environment by alternative methods such as replanting and re-greening, afforestation, etc., and realize the "optimal solution" of public interest litigation and ecological protection.

A construction waste disposal plant in the jurisdiction has a huge amount of garbage. Most of the garbage on site is not covered and other dust-proof measures are not taken, and the surrounding residents are unbearably troubled by peculiar smell; although the plant is equipped with spray equipment, it is not actually used, and some of the shredding machines are open-air. Operation, noise and dust pollution are serious. Based on the prevention and control of solid waste pollution, the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate made procuratorial suggestions before filing a lawsuit to the competent authorities in accordance with the law, gathered the joint efforts of all parties, urged the cleanup of open-air dumped garbage, restored 85,346.05 square meters of flat land, and completely eliminated illegal garbage dumps, noise, odors , the source of dust pollution can be eliminated, and the life satisfaction of residents can be improved. With the rapid modernization of cities, the phenomenon of light pollution has become increasingly serious. In response to the current "new business" problems such as low social awareness, imperfect legislation and regulations, and unclear industry supervision, the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate took the lead in exploring and handling the first batch of light pollution public interest litigation cases in the country, and explored a replicable and referenced case. The path of the rule of law for light pollution control gives ordinary people a clear, peaceful and comfortable night.

In recent years, the invasive alien species Fushou snail has appeared in many waters in the Yangtze River Delta. Fushou snails feed on aquatic crops such as rice and water bamboo, destroying the ecological balance and causing Biodiversity decline, endangering regional biosecurity and agricultural production security. Fushou snails multiply rapidly, and the handling of the case is a race against time. The Qingpu District People's Procuratorate has successively promoted the investigation of waters and paddy fields covering more than 5,000 mu and cleared more than 800,000 snails through procuratorial suggestions, consultation letters, and joint meetings. Only, more than 6,000 catties of egg mass were removed. Daohuaxiangli said that the procuratorial organs are working hard to find a new path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

Data technology helps public welfare innovation

The Qingpu District People's Procuratorate insists on using data technology as the "new engine" for the innovation and development of public welfare prosecutors. Relying on the public interest litigation holographic case handling platform, the public interest litigation clues can be learned and judged in real time; the use of rapid detection has achieved a water detection rate of 100% %; Utilize UAV aerial photography and 3D modeling technology to break the limitations of geography, environment and other factors, and realize that the exploration scene can be "visible" and "measured"; through satellite remote sensing technology, trace pollution sources, starting time, Change trends, provide objective and traceable evidence chain information for public welfare case handling, use data to speak, better perform legal supervision functions, and better protect the good life of the people.

In 2021, the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate will take the lead in exploring the establishment of a special fund for public interest litigation damages in Shanghai. Up to now, 182,100 yuan of compensation has been remitted to the special account, and some of the compensation has been used to repair the damaged public welfare, so as to truly maximize the value of the compensation for the people, and to open up the "last mile" of public welfare protection.

played the movement of integrated governance

In June 2021, the procuratorial organs of the three "demonstration areas" in the Yangtze River Delta adhered to the concept of integrated governance and jointly established the country's first cross-provincial division "River Chief + Prosecutor-General" linkage mechanism. Through the superposition of roles and cross-border linkage, the integration of functions is realized, and the coordination and governance problems of upstream, downstream, and left and right banks are jointly solved. Since the joint establishment of the mechanism, the procuratorial organs and the River Chief Office of the three places have jointly carried out activities such as the ecological protection of the proliferation and release of Yuandang Lake, and the legal publicity of "forbidding fishing into the community" in combination with the "ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River" and "one river and one river" governance. Jointly handle public interest litigation cases such as watersheds around Taipu River and Dianshan Lake, illegal fishing, and river bank pollution, helping to strengthen the ecological background of "demonstration zone" and "green water and green mountains".

In the next step, the Qingpu District People's Procuratorate will take brand building as a new engine to actively connect with the "three major rectifications" of Qingpu New City's residential environment, ecological environment, and public safety. Respond to the public's concerns with the effectiveness of case handling, and strive to continuously satisfy the people's new expectations for a better life with the "most Jiangnan" public welfare procuratorial products.