Chinese lawmakers deliberate work report of top procuratorate

China's national lawmakers on Saturday started deliberating a work report submitted by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Procurator-general Ying Yong delivered the report at the second plenary meeting of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress.

In 2024, the top procuratorate implemented the holistic approach to national security, respecting and safeguarding human rights, fully and accurately enforcing the policy of balancing leniency and severity in criminal justice, and improving the criminal prosecution system to firmly uphold national security, social stability, and public safety, according to the report.

Over the year, 753,000 criminal suspects were approved for arrest, and 1.631 million were prosecuted, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.6 percent and a decrease of 3.4 percent, respectively, the report said.

"We handed out severe punishments for severe violent crimes. Maintaining a firm stance on strict enforcement without relaxation, we prosecuted 60,300 individuals for crimes such as murder, robbery, and kidnapping. Suspects involved in extremely heinous cases were swiftly arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law. In collaboration with public security authorities, efforts were made to resolve long-standing homicide cases. The Supreme People's Procuratorate approved the prosecution of 336 individuals for homicide cases that had remained unsolved for over 20 years, upholding justice under the rule of law," Ying said while delivering the report.

Chinese lawmakers deliberate work report of top procuratorate

Chinese lawmakers deliberate work report of top procuratorate

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied work on building a unified national market and reviewed and approved a plan for the development of a modern emergency response system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

Noting that building a unified national market is essential to advancing high-quality development, the meeting called for deepening institutional frameworks in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, social credit and market exit mechanisms.

The meeting also urged efforts to advance high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure to facilitate smooth economic circulation and effectively reduce logistics costs across society.

Emergency management is critical to protecting people's lives and property, the meeting said. It called for accelerating the development of a modern emergency response system, deepening reform and innovation in emergency management, and improving coordinated response mechanisms.

Efforts should be made to strengthen risk prevention at the source, enhance monitoring, forecasting and early warning, and accelerate a shift in governance toward proactive prevention, according to the meeting.

A draft revision of the Law on the People's Bank of China was also discussed and approved in principle at the meeting, which decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.

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