China's top prosecutor on Tuesday launched an official account on mobile messaging application WeChat in an effort to boost transparency.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) also launched its mobile news portal run by sohu.com, after opening official microblog accounts on sina.com, qq.com and jcrb.com in March.

The WeChat account will disclose information about proceedings in major cases, important judicial interpretations and the SPP's work.

The SPP said launching the WeChat account is aimed at upholding people's rights to know and to participate in judicial matters and at building its social communication capacity in the new media era.

The SPP also said it expects the move to inspire local prosecutors to adapt to new communication environments.