This data was taken from a press release given in July 20, 2022. https://www.sohu.com/a/569588005_115239
Table of Tables
- Overall Arrest and Prosecution Rates
- Plea Leniency System Implementation
- Supervision Cases
- Public interest litigation
- Juvenile Crime and Crimes against minors
- IP Protections
- Petitioning and Judicial Aid
- Normalization of Saohei, and guiding healthy economic development
- Leadership participation in handling cases
Overall Arrest and Prosecution Rates
Arrest here refers to 逮捕 a proceeding different than the initial custody enacted by police, which refers to the approval of continued pre-trial detention by prosecutors upon application by the police.
Topic | # | Change |
Arrest approved/decided upon | 222,000 persons | Down 51.2% |
Not arrested | 139,000 | Down 21.3% |
| 39.2% | Up 10.8% |
Reviewed for prosecution | 982,000 | Up 11.2% |
| 681,000 | Down 14.4% |
| 209,000 | Up 55.7% |
| 23.5% | Up 9.1% |
Plea Leniency System Implementation
[The plea leniency system is a new procedure through which criminal suspects or defendants can receive a reduced sentence in exchange for an admission of guilt, ofter used in conjunction with procedures for reducing the time of trial]Implemented after a decision to prosecute | >85% |
| >90% |
| >95% |
Supervision of Criminal Cases
One of the reasons that we refer to ‘Procurators’ in China, rather than simply ‘prosecutors’ is because the procuratorate possesses functions beyond criminal prosecutions. Among these additional duties is the duty of “Legal Supervision” through which the procurators are to ensure that the courts and police correctly perform their duties and apply the law.
Topic | # | Change |
Supervision of police opening OR withdrawing a case | 40,000 cases | Up 50% |
| 37,000 cases (92.5% of supervised cases) | Up 11.6% |
Correcting illegal investigatory conduct | 52,000 cases | Up 57.9% |
| 51,000 cases (97.3%) | Up 8.7% |
Procuratorate appeals of case judgment | 3571 cases | Down 15.4% |
| 1468 Cases (61.6% of the completed trials) | Up 6.8% |
Correction of illegal trial activity | 9343 instances | Up 110% |
| 8863 instances (94.9%) | Up 4.1% |
ENFORCEMENT | ||
Correction of improper commutation, parole, or temporary release | 28,000 persons | Up 4.8% |
Correcting illegality in enforcement | 29,000 instances | Up 21.1% |
Correcting illegal enforcement outside of prison | 38,000 persons | Up 58% |
Correction of improper performance of duties related to financial penalties | 24,000 instances | Up 64.7% |
Opened cases for investigation of Crimes Abusing Public Office by Judicial Personnel | 791 persons | Up 31.8% |
Supervision in Civil Cases
Topic | # | Change |
Supervision of civil rulings and judgments | 35,000 instances | Up 5.2% |
Supervision opinions submitted | 6.202 instances | Down 2.7% |
| 2,023 instances | Down 7.5% |
| 4,179 instances | |
Changed judgment through appeals | 90.9% | Up 6.7% |
Supervision of trial activities | ||
Submitted opinions on illegal trial conduct | 23,000 instances | Up 28% |
| 22,000 instances (93.6%) | |
Submitted opinions on illegal enforcement conduct | 26,000 instances | Up 22.7% |
| 89.5% | |
Submitted opinions on false litigation | 2,324 instances | |
Supported civil litigation | 35,000 instances | Up 81.7% |
| 22,000 instances | Up 64% |
Supervision in Administrative Cases
Topic | # | Change |
Handling cases of supervision of administrative case judgments | 8,269 instances | |
| 88 instances | |
| 49 instances (83.1%) | Up 8.1% |
Submitted procuratorate recommendation for retrial | 139 instances | |
| 50 instances (36%) | Up 20.5% |
Submitted recommendations on illegal administrative trial activity | 7,081 instances | Up 150% |
| 6,900 instances (97.4%) | Up 17.8% |
Submitted recommendations for illegal administrative enforcement activity | 18,000 instances | Up 85.1% |
| 18,000 instances (98.6%) | |
Substantive resolution of administrative disputes | 5,345 instances | Up 83% |
Public interest litigation
Public litigation is another newer function of the procuratorate, by which the procurators can bring lawsuits to protect the public good in areas where a large number of persons are impacted such as consumer rights, environmental protection, food safety, etc. Such suits may be Civil, targeting non-governmental actors, or Administrative, targeting government regulators for failure to perform their duties.
Topic | # | Change |
Public interest cases opened | 107,000 | Up 32.3% |
| 13,000 cases | |
| 94,000 cases | |
Pre-trial procedures | 82,000 cases | Up 22.9% |
Filed suite | 4801 cases | Up 30.9% |
Supported by court | 100% | |
Recovered state land | 1.21 billion RMB | Down 52.5% |
Environmental compensation | 310 million RMB | Up 190% |
Recovered, cleaned, restored protected lands | 325,000 mu (53,539.5 acres) | Up 200% |
Juvenile Crime and Crimes against minors
Topic | # | Change |
Approved juvenile arrest | 6,988 persons | |
Did not approve juvenile arrest | 12,223 persons (63.6%, 24.4% higher than overall non-arrest rate) | Increase of 17.9% |
Approved arrest for offenses against juvenile victims | 16,159 persons | |
Prosecuted minors | 13, 278 persons | |
Non-prosecution of minors | 16, 458 persons (55.3%, 31.8% higher than for all prosecutions) | |
Conditional non-prosecution at completion of trial | 12,000 persons (37.3%) | Up 12.9% |
Prosecuted crimes against minors | 25,000 persons | |
Used counseling and interventions to waive punishment | 3,156 times | Up 110% |
Carried out rule of law lecture tours | 12,640 times | Up 30.9% |
IP Protection Cases
Topic | # | Change |
Intellectual property criminal prosecutions | 5,830 persons | Down 3.5% |
| 2,362/2,102 persons (76% of all IP crime cases) | |
Supervision cases involving judgments or mediation in IP cases | 229 | |
|
| Collectively 69.1% of these supervision cases |
Petitioning and Judicial Aid
Topic | # | Change |
Total petitions received | 369,000 instances | Down 23.2% |
| 114,000 instances | Down 26.8% |
| Down 36.7% | |
| Down 27.9% | |
Gave judicial aid | 22,000 instances | Up 93.8% |
Judicial aid funds released | 250 million RMB | Up 74.1% |
Normalization of “Saohei”, and guiding healthy economic development
Saohei is often oversimplified as a criminal law action to crack down on organized crime, but as the articles linked above describe, it is actually broader, aimed at eliminating local forces that disrupt stability and Central Party rule, as well as officials that protect them.
Topic | # | Change |
Saohei prosecutions | 5,738 persons | Down 31.9% |
Prosecuted the “protectors” of malign forces | 130 persons | |
Prosecutions for undermining order of market economy | 47,000 persons | |
Made appeals or retrial recommendations in civil/administrative cases impacting the economy | 726 cases | |
Raised procuratorate recommendations on civil/administrative trials and enforcement activities | 1426 cases | Up 37.7% |
Leadership participation in handling cases
Topic | # | Change |
Leadership participated in case handling | 325,000 cases | Up .8% |
| 37,000 cases (11.3%) | |
| 289,000 cases (88.7%) | |
| 207,000 cases (63.5%) | |
| 39,000 cases (11.9%) | |
| 77,000 cases (23.6%) | |
| 1104 | |
Chief procurator (or entrusted deputy chief) attending meetings of court adjudication committees | 7,249 cases | Up 39% |
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