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The people’s procuratorates in
China are state organs of legal supervision. Their
organization corresponds to that of the people’s
courts. The current procurator-general of the Supreme
People’s Procuratorate is Jia Chunwang.
The people’s procuratorates have the
right to exercise procuratorial authority. They exercise
this authority over cases endangering state and public
security, and infringing upon citizens’ personal and
democratic rights, and other important criminal cases;
examine the cases scheduled for investigation by the public
security organs, and decide on whether a suspect should be
arrested or not, and whether a case should be prosecuted or
exempt from prosecution; institute and support public
prosecution in criminal cases; and oversee the activities of
the public security organs, people’s courts, prisons,
houses of detention and reform-through-labor institutions.
The people’s procuratorates, as well as
the people’s courts, exercise their own authority
according to law, independent of interference from any
administrative organ, mass organization or individual
person. All citizens are equal regarding the application of
the law in this regard.
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