Second, following a people-centered approach, we have worked to resolve the most pressing difficulties and problems that are of great concern to the people. We have strived to handle every case directly affecting the people with concentrated attention. At the "two sessions" in 2019, the SPP promised that "all letters from the masses will be provided with a procedural reply within seven days and the handling process or result reply within three months." As of June this year, the procuratorial organs have received 3.16 million letters and visits from the people, and responded to nearly 95%. We have earnestly implemented the Law on the Protection of Minors, and exercised zero tolerance for crimes against minors, prosecuting 256,000 people from 2018 to June this year. The mandatory reporting and background check systems of people who mistreat minors established in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Security have been included into laws.

Third, we have actively exercised our four major functions and strived to make the people feel a sense of fairness and justice in every judicial case. According to the adjustment of procuratorial functions, a systematic, holistic and radical reform was made to the internal institutions, while the four major functions regarding criminal, civil, administrative and public interest litigation were decided. Over the past few years, we have worked hard in criminal prosecution and promoted the supervision system "integrating arrest and prosecution" to enhance the quality and efficiency of case handling. In response to the people's strong complaints about "sentences not being served" and "payment for early release," we have established an innovative circuit procuratorial system to ensure justice in prisons and detention centers. On civil proceedings, we have paid attention to precise supervision, and handled typical cases with guiding significance for economic and social development in accordance with the law. From 2013 to June this year, 41,000 protests were filed against civil judgments deemed erroneous. Efforts have been made to carry out supervision on administrative prosecution, with 1,762 protests filed against administrative judgments that were deemed erroneous. While handling administrative appeal cases, we have carried out in-depth substantive resolution of administrative disputes, and have resolved 21,000 administrative disputes, including 1,258 disputes that have lasted more than 10 years. Efforts have been made to do a good job in public interest litigation. We have focused on prominent problems that harm public welfare in the fields of ecological environment, food and drug safety, and increased the intensity of case handling. 169,000 cases were filed in 2021, the first year after the public interest litigation system was officially established, which was 1.5 times that in 2018. Following a win-win approach, 98% of administrative public interest litigation procuratorial proposals have been effectively implemented before litigation, and the "China solution" for public interest judicial protection has been continuously improved.

Fourth, reform of the judicial system has been deepened to improve the socialist procuratorial system with Chinese characteristics. We have made the judicial accountability system a top priority and continued to advance the reform measures of the category-based management of procuratorial personnel and the case handling liability system of prosecutors. We have committed to a scientific management model to enforce judicial accountability. We have introduced an index to evaluate the performances of prosecutors in the wake of the fact that some cases have to go through repeated processes, thereby leaving the litigants in litigation fatigue. Thanks to the evaluation index, we can ensure that prosecutors will do their best at the very beginning of each case. As a result, 864,000 judicial processes, which couldn't decide disputes, were condensed or reduced between 2020 and 2021. The index system has been called the "green GDP" of the judicial system to evaluate the efficiency and effect of case handling. 

Fifth, we have been working ceaselessly to keep ourselves competent to cement the foundation for the long-term development of procuratorial work. We have launched the campaign on Party history learning and education on an ongoing basis, and activities have also been carried out to rectify and consolidate the ranks of procuratorial organs. Training programs have been launched to improve staff members' political awareness and competence. Stepped-up efforts have been made to improve the evaluation system for procuratorial personnel to promote their political caliber, professional competence, and work ethics in a synergized manner. To foster a healthy judicial atmosphere of integrity, we have made great efforts to implement the three sets of regulations on preventing interference with judicial procedures and make greater efforts to ensure prevention and control of judicial interference. 

Going forward, the procuratorial authorities will follow the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, implement the opinions issued by the CPC Central Committee, and practice the people-centered development philosophy, to improve the efficiency and effect of legal supervision in the new era. We will make further contributions to building a modern socialist country in all respects to set the stage for the 20th National Congress of the CPC with concrete actions. 

That concludes my introduction. Next, my colleagues and I would like to take any questions you are concerned about. 

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