Director of the National Supervisory Commission

The director of the National Supervisory Commission is the head of the National Supervisory Commission, the highest state supervisory agency of China.

Director of the National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国国家监察委员会主任
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Liu Jinguo since 11 March 2023
National Supervisory Commission
Status	Deputy national-level official
Member of	National Supervisory Commission
Reports to	National People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Seat	Beijing
Nominator	Presidium of the National People's Congress
Appointer	National People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	Constitution of China
Formation	11 March 2018; 7 years ago (2018-03-11)
First holder	Yang Xiaodu
Deputy	Deputy Director

Director of the National Supervisory Commission
Simplified Chinese	中华人民共和国国家监察委员会主任
Traditional Chinese	中華人民共和國國家監察委員會主任
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guójiā Jiānchá Wěiyuánhuì Zhǔrèn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	国家监察委员会主任
Traditional Chinese	國家監察委員會主任
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Jiānchá Wěiyuánhuì Zhǔrèn

Under the current constitution, the director is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the National People's Congress (NPC), the legislature. The incumbent procurator-general is Liu Jinguo, who took office on 11 March 2023.

History

The National Supervisory Commission was established in March 2018. Yang Xiaodu served as the first director.

Selection

According to the Organic Law of the National People's Congress (NPC), constitutionally China's supreme organ of state power, the director is nominated by the NPC Presidium, the Congress's executive organ. However, the nomination is effectively made by the Chinese Communist Party, with the decisions being made among Party leaders. Candidates for top positions including the director are first approved first by the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, and then by its Politburo, then approved in a special plenary session the Central Committee just before the NPC session for election by the Congress, with the Presidium presenting the nominee during the NPC session. Although the Presidium could theoretically nominate multiple candidates for the presidency, leading the election to be competitive, it has always nominated a single candidate for the office.

After the nomination, the director is elected by the NPC, which also has the power to remove him and other state officers from their office. Elections and removals are decided by majority vote only in a NPC plenary session. The length of the director's term of office is the same as the NPC, which is five years, and the prosecutor general is restricted to two consecutive terms of office. The director is required to recite the constitutional oath of office before assuming office.

List of directors

No.	Chairperson		NPC term	Took office	Left office	Political Party	Ref.
1		Yang Xiaodu 杨晓渡	13th	March 18, 2018	March 11, 2023	Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
2		Liu Jinguo 刘金国	14th	March 11, 2023	Incumbent