Who will bear the cost of public interest litigation?

Legal analysis: 1. When the plaintiff in the public interest litigation wins the case, all the expenses of the public interest litigation shall be borne by the defendant, including the plaintiff's attorney's fees arising from the public interest litigation, and a public interest litigation incentive fund shall be established to encourage the plaintiff in the public interest litigation.

2. When the plaintiff loses the case, the cost of public interest litigation shall be borne by both the state and the plaintiff. Among them, the state bears the expenses of identification, inspection and translation caused by litigation, the plaintiff of public interest litigation bears the acceptance fee of public interest litigation cases, and the lawyer's fees are paid in a decentralized manner through the local public interest litigation special fund account and litigation cost insurance.

Legal basis: Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Consumer Civil Public Interest Litigation Cases.

Article 17 The people's court may support the expenses incurred by the plaintiff in taking reasonable preventive and disposal measures to stop the infringement, remove the obstruction and eliminate the danger, and request the defendant to bear them.

Article 18 The people's court may give corresponding support to the reasonable expenses of the plaintiff and his agent ad litem in investigating and obtaining evidence of infringement, the appraisal expenses and the reasonable lawyer's agency expenses according to the actual situation.