Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
Chinese government position
- 2 min read
- 3 chapters
Explore on Lably
ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursHistory
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.
Sign in to keep reading
2 more chapters are free with a Lably account.
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.