China boosts legal shield for cultural heritage through public interest litigation

BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- China's procuratorial organs have intensified efforts to safeguard cultural relics and heritage sites through public interest litigation, filing 2,160 cases in the first five months of 2025, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced Saturday.

The announcement was made on China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, with Xu Xiangchun, a senior prosecutor at the SPP, noting that the SPP will join hands with the National Cultural Heritage Administration in the latter half of 2025 to conduct follow-up reviews of Great Wall conservation efforts.

The campaign will verify the implementation of corrective measures in resolved cases and identify ongoing challenges, aiming to strengthen the preservation of this iconic heritage site.

On the same day, the SPP also released a batch of typical procuratorial public interest litigation cases focused on the protection of cultural relics and cultural heritage. ■