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.
On 27 September 1954, the SPP of the Central People's Government was replaced with the SPP of the People's Republic of China.[citation needed]
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.[2] However, the nomination is effectively made by the Chinese Communist Party, with the decisions being made among Party leaders.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4] Since 2018, the new or returning prosecutor general is required to recite the constitutional oath of office before assuming office.[3]
^"1st meeting of the CPPCC"(PDF). The Common Program of the People's Republic of China. Archived(PDF) from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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