On the Subject of Public Interest Litigation in China

With the social and economic development of China,the establishment of public interest litigation in China becomes more and more necessary.To set up public interest litigation system in China,a lot of problems should be settled,among which how to define the scope of the subject of public interest litigation is one of the crucial problems and will influence the other aspects of public interest litigation system.There are different rationales in different countries about the subject of public interest litigation,such as trust theory,private attorney general theory and supervision and restriction theory.Although there are different points of view about the scope of the subject in public interest litigation,to efficiently protect the public interest,we propose that the following bodies should be the subject in public interest litigation: the procuratorate,the administration,public welfare social organizations,guilds,citizens,etc.