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, damaging economic order and
infringing citizens' personal and democratic rights, and other
important criminal cases; examine cases scheduled for investigation
by the public security agencies, 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 public
security agencies, people's courts, prisons, houses of detention
and reform-through-labor institutions.?
As is the case with the people's courts, the people's
procuratorates exercise their own authority according to law,
independent of interference from any administrative organ, civic
organization or individual. All citizens are equal regarding the
application of the law in this regard.
