Tue, 23 Aug 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In July 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate released guiding cases relating procuratorial supervision over effective civil judgments.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In July 2022, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate released six typical cases involving cross-border crimes.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Since 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate has been exploring to establish a corporate compliance non-prosecution system. In June 2021, the newly-issued SPP policy document signals the adoption of conditional non-prosecution when introducing a third-party supervision and evaluation mechanism.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Are Chinese judges and prosecutors returning to law practice for higher income? Statistics show that only a few have changed their careers to lawyers.

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Two recently issued documents of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) outline the work processes required for the procuratorates to handle public interest litigation cases.

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

The day after the promulgation of China’s first Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), the Supreme People’s Procuratorate vowed to engage actively in public interest litigation for personal information protection.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In July 2021, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the “Rules on the Supervision of Civil Proceedings by People's Procuratorates”(人民檢察院民事訴訟監(jiān)督規(guī)則) , which, for the first time, includes sham litigation into the scope of cases that procuratorates may initiate supervisory proceedings ex officio.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In August 2021, the Beijing Haidian District People's Procuratorate moved to file a civil public interest lawsuit against Tencent, alleging the “youth mode” of its WeChat app fails to comply with the Law on the Protection of Minors.

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In June 2021, China's Supreme Procuratorate issued “Guiding Opinions on Establishing a Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for the Compliance of Enterprises Involved in Cases (for Trial Implementation)” (關(guān)于建立涉案企業(yè)合規(guī)第三方監(jiān)督評估機(jī)制的指導(dǎo)意見(試行)), providing guidance on corporate compliance non-prosecution work.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陳彥茹

China’s procuratorates attach importance to public interest litigation in connection with the protection of cultural property.