Chen Wenjun:

Thank you. Now the floor is open for questions. Please identify the media outlet you represent before asking your questions.

Zhonghongwang.com:

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the rule of law and political and legal work. In June 2021, the CPC Central Committee released the opinions on strengthening legal supervision of the procuratorial organs in the new era. What efforts have the procuratorial organs made to implement the opinions over the past year? What measures have been adopted to ensure legal supervision and management to achieve high-quality development in the new era? What achievements have been made? Thank you. 

Tong Jianming:

Thank you for your questions. I'll answer this question. Last year, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee issued opinions on strengthening the legal supervision of procuratorial organs in the new era, showing the firm resolve of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core to advance law-based governance in all aspects further, and it also shows that the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the progress on legal supervision of procuratorial organs. According to our understanding, the opinions aim to use Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law to deal with specific problems concerning legal supervision of the procuratorial organs, which serves and will serve as the guidelines for the procuratorial work at present and for the time to come. 

The opinions pointed out that the people's procuratorates serve as the state organs to perform legal supervision and ensure unified and proper enforcement of state laws. They serve as crucial forces in protecting national and public interests. It identifies roles, responsibilities, and missions that the procuratorial organs need to play and fulfill in the new era. The opinions made 19 specific requirements for the procuratorial organs to ensure that they will serve the overall interests and for the sake of the people; that they need to make comprehensive efforts to improve efficiency and effect of legal supervision; and that they should ramp up efforts to build a stronger team and offer effective organizational support for legal supervision, all of which thereby has charted the course for procuratorial work. 

Over the past year, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and procuratorial organs have always taken the study and implementation of the opinions as a prominent political task and made great efforts to ensure its implementation in the following five aspects. First, the Party's leadership has been the major impetus. Procuratorial organs at all levels report to their respective Party committees and political and legal affairs commissions to ensure that the implementation of the opinions is involved in the work of local Party committees. As many as 30 provincial-level Party committees have issued implementation measures, providing effective guidance and great support for procuratorial organs in fulfilling their duties. Second, implementation measures have been specifically identified. We have set up 54 items of tasks and 222 specific measures, and leading Party members groups need to deal with the difficulties and problems in implementation every two months. Third, we have worked with other political and legal affairs organs to address the difficulties in legal supervision. The Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security have jointly issued a guideline and set up a task force to ensure supervision of investigations and facilitate cooperation, starting legal supervision of investigations at an earlier stage. We have also worked with the Supreme People's Court to establish a mechanism to share information regarding legal supervision over civil enforcement. Fourth, our focus has been on improving the efficiency and effect of legal supervision. The Supreme People's Procuratorate has made improving procuratorial work a top priority for this year, aiming to enhance the political building and improve the professional competence of the staff members to ensure that legal supervision can be efficient and effective. Fifth, we have made great efforts to promote the development of local procuratorates with the spirit of conducting poverty alleviation work. Last year, we adopted targeted measures to help 129 local procuratorates to give better play of their roles. As a result, 82 of them have become more functional to fulfill their responsibilities better.

It is an important and long-term political task to implement the opinions. We will further enhance our political awareness and the awareness in advancing the rule of law and procuratorial work to further integrate the implementation of those deployments and requirements identified in the opinions with specific procuratorial work. As such, we can better leverage the role of legal supervision and contribute more to the modernization of China's system and capacity for governance. Thank you.