近年来,环境污染和食品安全事故不断发生,各界代表也多次提出在民事诉讼法中增加公益诉讼制度的立法建议,希望通过司法程序,公开、公正地维护社会公共利益。立法机关回应了这种社会诉求,在修改后民诉法中创设了公益诉讼制度,其第五十五条规定:“对污染环境、侵害众多消费者合法权益等损害社会公共利益的行为,法律规定的机关和有关组织可以向人民法院提起诉讼。” In recent years, environmental pollution and food safety accidents continue to occur. Representatives from all walks of life have also repeatedly proposed to increase the public interest litigation system in the Civil Procedure Law legislative proposals, hoping to safeguard the public interests of the public openly and justly through judicial procedures. The legislature responded to this social appeal and created the public interest litigation system in the amended Civil Procedure Law. Article 55 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates: “The act of damaging social public interests such as polluting the environment, infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of many consumers, The organs prescribed by law and the relevant organizations may institute legal proceedings in the people’s court. ”"