China is increasingly turning to a powerful legal tool in its fight against pollution: procuratorial public interest litigation. By leveraging the possibility of legal action, prosecutors are helping break down bureaucratic barriers and strengthen environmental law enforcement.

The opening ceremony of the third training session for foreign-related legal personnel of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) was held on June 8.

As environmental crimes increasingly cross borders and threaten ecosystems, communities and sustainable development, prosecutors and experts called for stronger cooperation to close enforcement gaps and improve global environmental governance at a roundtable meeting in Beijing on Monday.

​The Prime Minister on Wednesday issued an official telegram addressed to the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court; the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy; ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies; Secretaries of Provincial and Municipal Party Committees; Chairpersons of Provincial and Municipal People's Committees; and the Chief of the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee Against Smuggling, Trade Fraud, and Counterfeit Goods.

Thailand has proposed shifting negotiations with Cambodia regarding overlapping maritime claims to a framework under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), following a cabinet decision to abrogate a 2001 memorandum of understanding between the two nations, according to a report from Xinhua News Agency.

On April 20, the 164th joint patrol and law enforcement action carried out by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand in the Mekong River was launched.

The 61st Executive Committee Meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) was held in Shanghai on April 14.

On April 13, Ying Yong, Chief Grand Prosecutor and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) of China, held separate meetings in Shanghai with international guests attending the 61st Executive Committee Meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP).