# Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate

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.
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 highest 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. Although the Presidium could theoretically nominate multiple candidates for the prosecutor general, 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. | Chairperson | NPC term | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
| 1 | Luo Ronghuan 罗荣桓 | N/A | October 1, 1949 | September 27, 1954 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 2 | Zhang Dingcheng 张鼎丞 | 1st | September 27, 1954 | April 27, 1959 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 2 | Zhang Dingcheng 张鼎丞 | 2nd | April 27, 1959 | January 3, 1965 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 2 | Zhang Dingcheng 张鼎丞 | 3rd | January 3, 1965 | January 17, 1975 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| From 17 January 1975 to 5 March 1978, the post of Procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate was abolished. |||||||
| 3 | Huang Huoqing 黄火青 | 5th | March 5, 1978 | June 20, 1983 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 4 | Yang Yichen 杨易辰 | 6th | June 20, 1983 | April 9, 1988 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 5 | Liu Fuzhi 刘复之 | 7th | April 9, 1988 | March 28, 1993 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 6 | Zhang Siqing 张思卿 | 8th | March 28, 1993 | March 17, 1998 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 7 | Han Zhubin 韩杼滨 | 9th | March 17, 1998 | March 16, 2003 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 8 | Jia Chunwang 贾春旺 | 10th | March 16, 2003 | March 16, 2008 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 9 | Cao Jianming 曹建明 | 11th | March 16, 2008 | March 15, 2013 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 9 | Cao Jianming 曹建明 | 12th | March 15, 2013 | March 18, 2018 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 10 | Zhang Jun 张军 | 13th | March 18, 2018 | March 11, 2023 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |
| 11 | Ying Yong 应勇 | 14th | March 11, 2023 | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) |