Supreme People's Procuratorate
The current paramount leader, Xi Jinping, is considered to have become paramount leader in November 2012, when he became CCP General Secretary, rather than in March 2013 when he succeeded Hu Jintao as president. The position of General Secretary is the highest authority leading China's National People's Congress, State Council, Political Consultative Conference, Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate in Xi Jinping's administration.