Chinese procuratorates handled 3,186 cases involving false litigation in the first half of 2026, down 18.6 percent year-on-year, indicating that the once-rampant practice has been curbed to some extent, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said recently.
False litigation refers to the use of fabricated facts, legal relationships or evidence to obtain court judgments, mediation agreements or enforcement orders for unlawful purposes.
Despite progress achieved through coordinated enforcement, prosecutors have identified new forms of false litigation that threaten not only individual rights but also State assets, financial markets, public administration and social welfare, the SPP said.
According to the SPP, some managers of State-owned enterprises or collective organizations have colluded with related parties to fabricate disputes over loans, sales or guarantees before using civil proceedings to misappropriate or transfer public funds, land or other State assets.
In one case, a company inflated the value of structures on a parcel of land and filed a lawsuit based on fabricated facts, seeking more than 200 million yuan ($27.9 million) in State compensation. Prosecutors in Tianjin recommended a retrial, preventing loss of State assets.
False litigation also remains prevalent in the financial sector, the SPP said. Some professional lenders attempt to legitimize debts arising from predatory lending...
Such cases threaten individual rights, financial markets and State assets: SPP Chinese procuratorates handled 3,186 cases involving false litigation in the first half of 2026, down 18.6 percent yea...