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China’s ‘two sessions’ 2023: Beijing fills top prosecutor, judge and anti-corruption positions
- Former Hubei party chief Ying Yong, responsible for the country’s initial Covid-19 response in Wuhan, is named procurator-general
- Incumbent top prosecutor Zhang Jun becomes president of the Supreme People’s Court, while corruption-buster Liu Jinguo will lead anti-graft agency
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The National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, announced it has filled key positions in the country’s top prosecutor’s office, its highest court and a leading anti-corruption agency.
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Ying Yong, vice-director of the NPC’s Constitution and Law Committee and deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, was selected to take over as procurator-general on Saturday during the annual meeting of the legislature.
Ying, 65, gained attention in 2020 as the Communist Party chief of Hubei province, where he led China’s response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the provincial capital.
Ying served as deputy police chief, anti-corruption chief and top judge of Zhejiang province during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s time as party boss in the eastern province.
Ying has been steadily promoted since 2013, when he took over as head of Shanghai’s organisation department, which oversees personnel. He became mayor of Shanghai in 2017 and was named deputy party secretary of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate last year.
Incumbent top prosecutor Zhang Jun, 66, was named president of the Supreme People’s Court. He has served as procurator-general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate since 2018.
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