The procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate is the head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and is the highest-ranking prosecutor in China. The procurator-general leads the SPP and oversees its work. Under the current constitution, the procurator-general is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the National People's Congress (NPC), the legislature. The incumbent procurator-general is Ying Yong, who took office on 11 March 2023.
History The Supreme People's Procuratorate of the Central People's Government was established on 1 October 1949. Luo Ronghuan served as the first procurator-general by the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
On 27 September 1954, the SPP of the Central People's Government was replaced with the SPP of the People's Republic of China.
Selection According to the Organic Law of the National People's Congress (NPC), constitutionally China's supreme organ of state power, the prosecutor general is nominated by the NPC Presidium, the Congress's executive organ. However, the nomination is effectively made by the Chinese Communist Party, with the decisions being made among Party leaders. Candidates for top positions including the procurator-general are first approved first by the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, and then by its Politburo, then approved in a special plenary session the Central Committee just before the NPC session for election by the Congress, with the Presidium presenting the nominee during the NPC session. Although the Presidium could theoretically nominate multiple candidates for the presidency, leading the election to be competitive, it has always nominated a single candidate for the office.
After the nomination, the prosecutor general is elected by the NPC, which also has the power to remove him and other state officers from their office. Elections and removals are decided by majority vote only in a NPC plenary session. The length of the prosecutor general's term of office is the same as the NPC, which is 5 years, and the prosecutor general is restricted to two consecutive terms of office. Since 2018, the new or returning prosecutor general is required to recite the constitutional oath of office before assuming office.
List of procurators-general No.ChairpersonNPC termTook officeLeft officePolitical Party1罗荣桓N/AOctober 1, 1949September 27, 1954Chinese Communist Party (CCP)2张鼎丞1stSeptember 27, 1954April 27, 19592ndApril 27, 1959January 3, 19653rdJanuary 3, 1965January 17, 1975From 17 January 1975 to 5 March 1978, the post of Procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate was abolished.3黄火青5thMarch 5, 1978June 20, 1983Chinese Communist Party (CCP)4杨易辰6thJune 20, 1983April 9, 19885刘复之7thApril 9, 1988March 28, 19936张思卿8thMarch 28, 1993March 17, 19987韩杼滨9thMarch 17, 1998March 16, 20038贾春旺10thMarch 16, 2003March 16, 20089曹建明11thMarch 16, 2008March 15, 201312thMarch 15, 2013March 18, 201810张军13thMarch 18, 2018March 11, 202311应勇14thMarch 11, 2023Incumbent
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