Research on plaintiff qualification of the environmental civil public interest litigation

With the rapid development of China's economy, environmental pollutions become severe problems that harming the social public interests.Environmental civil public interest litigation is a powerful weapon to fight pollutions and protect public interests.The plaintiff qualification of environmental civil public interest litigation directly affects the litigation process.However, there are major differences about the eligible subjects of the plaintiff in the environmental civil public interest litigation.Confirming the plaintiff qualifications of government environmental protection departments, eligible social organizations and citizens in environmental civil public interest litigation, and excluding the rights of procuratorial organs to initiate environmental civil public interest litigation, benefit the functioning of environmental public interest litigation system.