Former Hubei party chief Ying Yong, responsible for the country’s initial response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, is named procurator-general.
The National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature , announced it has filled key positions in the country’s top prosecutor’s office, its highest court and a leading anti-corruption agency. Ying Yong , vice-director of the NPC’s Constitution and Law Committee and deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, was selected to take over as procurator-general on Saturday during the annual meeting of the legislature. Ying, 65, gained attention in 2020 as party chief of Hubei province, where he led China’s response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the provincial capital. Ying served as deputy police chief, anti-corruption chief and top judge of Zhejiang province during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s time as party boss in the eastern province. Ying has been steadily promoted since 2013, when he took over as head of Shanghai’s organisation department, which oversees personnel.
