Procurator's office calls for swift action on crimes against women

While being ordered to strengthen efforts against offenses that seriously affect people's sense of security, Chinese prosecutors are also required to harshly punish organized crime and those who harm women and children.

The call for action was made by Zhang Jun, procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, China's top prosecuting authority, at a meeting on Monday.

He said prosecutors across the country should forcefully fight gang-related crimes and offenses harming the national security and involving serious violence, with heavier punishments for those making provocations toward or harming women, children, the elderly or the disabled.

He also called for prosecutors to accelerate the issuing of a guideline on handling securities and futures offenses, and disclose influential criminal cases related to private investment in public equity.

Given that public-interest litigation began involving new businesses that need to strike a balance between development and security, he suggested prosecutors play a bigger role in supervising industries to solve problems.

Additionally, he highlighted the importance of digital application, encouraging every prosecutor to enhance awareness big data to improve the quality of work and serve high-quality economic development.