Supreme People's Procuratorate

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Supreme People's Procuratorate (simplified Chinese: 最高人民检察院; pinyin: Zuìgāo Rénmín Jiǎnchá Yuàn) is the highest agency at the national level responsible for prosecution in the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong and Macau, as special administrative regions, have their own separate judicial systems, based on common law traditions and Portuguese legal traditions respectively, and are out of the jurisdiction of the SPP.

The current Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate is Cao Jianming, and the Chief Grand Procuratorate is Han Zhubin (韩杼滨).

List of Procurators-General

Luo Ronghuan (罗荣桓, 最高人民检察署署长), October 1949 - October 1954
Zhang Dingcheng (张鼎丞), September 1954 - January 1975
- Office canceled according to the 1975 Constitution from 1975 to 1978
Huang Huoqing (黄火青), March 1978 - March 1983
Yang Yichen (杨易辰), March 1983 - March 1988
Liu Fuzhi (刘复之), April 1988 - March 1993
Zhang Siqing (张思卿), 1993 - 1998
Han Zhubin (韩杼滨), 1998 - 2003
Jia Chunwang (贾春旺), 2003 - 2008
Cao Jianming, 2008 -