Top procuratorate increases transparency in handling lawmakers' suggestions

BEIJING -- China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said on May 24 it had handled all 150 suggestions raised by deputies to the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in March 2019, and had replied to all deputies involved.

A total of 76 of the replies were made public, up 20.6 percent from the previous year, in a bid to increase transparency, according to the SPP.

Some content concerning the status of the handling of the lawmakers' suggestions and how their opinions were received had also been unveiled to the public.

The 150 suggestions were put forward by 239 NPC deputies, centering on the work and functions of procuratorates. Public interest litigation drew the most attention from the legislators among all topics.