Database aims to shield minors from abusers

Knowledge gathered in Shanghai pilot program to be shared across country

Prosecuting departments will enhance their cooperation with educational, civil and sports departments nationwide to set up a database of people who have sexually abused minors, with the goal of preventing abusers from taking jobs near places where young people congregate, a senior official of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.

A pilot program is being conducted in Shanghai and Jiangsu province. After accumulating more experience, the measure will be expanded nationally within five years, said Shi Weizhong, director of the SPP's No 9 prosecutorial department, which was established recently to handle cases involving minors.