Procuratorates across China filed 92,410 public interest litigation cases from January to September, according to a report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on public interest litigations.

The number marks a 68.98-percent year-on-year increase.

A total of 214,740 public interest litigation cases were filed from July 2017 to September 2019, with 9,170 in the second half of 2017 and 113,160 in 2018, the report said.

The pre-prosecution procedures of 187,565 such cases were handled, and 6,353 public interest litigations were initiated during the period.

Procurator-general of the SPP Zhang Jun delivered the report Wednesday at the ongoing bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, which started Monday.

The report also showed that procuratorates have filed 118,012 public interest litigation cases on environmental and resources protection since July 2017, accounting for 54.96 percent of the total.

A total of 3.21 million mu (214,000 hectares) of polluted or damaged farmland, wetland, forests and grassland were dealt with as a result of the handling of the cases, which facilitated the clearing of 31.04 million tonnes of solid waste and household waste during the period.

The handling of the cases also saw 3.45 billion yuan (around 487.7 million U.S. dollars) of compensation for the restoration of ecology and environment be recovered, the report said.

In addition, 71,464 public interest litigation cases on food and drug safety have been filed since July 2017.

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