On The Legal Status Of The Prosecution In The Environmental Public Interest Litigation

Since the reform and opening up, China's economy has expanded rapidly. However, in the mean time, environmental problems have become increasingly prominent, and have seriously affected and restricted our country's social development. Therefore, a good environmental protection is not only an objective requirement for implementing the scientific concept of development, building a socialist harmonious society, and achieving a comprehensive grand goal of building a well-off society, but also an urgent need for protecting people's environmental rights and interests, safeguarding social stability, and enhancing our country's sustainable development capacity.The first chapter introduces the origin, definition, characterize and classification of environmental public interest litigation. Chapter two elaborates the practical significance and rationality of environmental public interest litigation brought up by procuratorate. Chapter three compares situations of public interest litigation in the continental law tradition countries and the case tradition countries. The fourth chapter of this article analyzes obstacles of the procuratorate-bring-up public interest litigation system. Lastly, the paper makes recommendations on how to ensure the procuratorate's legal status in environmental public interest litigation.