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China Reforms Selection System for Prosecutors
To build a more highly-trained team of prosecutors, mid-level officials in all procuratorates will now have to compete for their posts, and all new prosecutors must pass national exams, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced Monday.
Qiu Xueqiang, head of the Political Department of the SPP, revealed the landmark changes to the current employee recruitment and official promotion systems in the country's nearly 3,000 procuratorates in his speech at a national conference on reforms of procuratorates.
The 11 department head positions and 86 division chief positions of the SPP will be selected from among the SPP employees instead of being appointed by the SPP leadership, he said. Under Chinese law, high-level officials, or heads of procuratorates, are elected by legislative bodies at their corresponding levels.
Independent prosecutors across China will be selected through competition, and other staff members must also take examinations to qualify for their posts, thus losing their former life-time job guarantee, according to the senior official.
Officials in higher positions should rotate periodically to other posts or other areas, he said.
The SPP also announced that from now on, new employees of prosecutors' offices must pass annual examinations organized by the SPP, which will be held in April or May.
"There are currently 7,197 vacancies in procuratorates across the country, and they must be filled with those who have passed the next national examination," Qiu said.
Procuratorates at all levels are being streamlined, and all unqualified employees will be sacked, Qiu said.
Qiu also revealed several other reform measures: -- At least three top-level officials under age 45 will be hired in each procuratorate in the country to help foster young officials;
-- Heads of procuratorates are to move periodically to other areas, and officials be exchanged in procuratorial bodies between different levels;
-- A human resources databank will be set up for prosecutors;
-- The SPP will train 2,000 to 3,000 legal, economic and other specialists for procuratorates in China's Western regions;
-- The selection system will avoid nepotism in regard to hiring and favoritism in connection with law enforcement.
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