Ying Yong (; born 17 November 1957) is a Chinese politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the

procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate The procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate is the head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and is the highest-ranking prosecutor in China. Under the current constitution, the procurator-general is appointed by and serves at t ...

. Ying came to prominence beginning in 2003 in

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province, and served as the president of the provincial High Court. He served as the head of the Organization Department of the

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Municipal Party Committee before he became

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of Shanghai. He became the mayor of Shanghai in January 2017. On February 12, 2020, Ying was appointed

Party secretary of Hubei The secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the Party leader, leader of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP ...

, replacing Jiang Chaoliang during the

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, where he served until March 2022.

Early life

Ying was born in

Xianju County Xianju County ( Taizhou dialect, Tai-chow dialect: Sin-kü Yön) is a county of Zhejiang, China. It is under the administration of the Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou city. It is the location of Shenxianju, a geological site protected by the Chinese g ...

province, near the city of Taizhou. He joined the

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in April 1979. He holds law degrees from the

China University of Political Science and Law The China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL; ; pinyin: Zhōng Guó Zhèng Fǎ Dà Xué), also translated as Zhengfa University, is a national public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and co- ...

and Hangzhou University.

Local career

Zhejiang

Ying began his career in Huangyan County, Zhejiang, working for the county industry bureau and the local police station. He then served as the mayor of the town of Chengguan (). He successively worked his way up the bureaucratic hierarchy in Taizhou, heading its public security department, then its Political and Legal Affairs Commission (''Zhengfawei''). He then became the police chief and ''Zhengfawei'' head of neighboring

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. Ying was promoted to the provincial government in 1995, serving as the deputy provincial police chief, then the head of the provincial office for combating illegal drugs, and the leader of an effort to combat terrorism. In July 2003, Ying was promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and several months later the concurrent head of the provincial Department of Supervision. At the time,

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was the provincial party secretary. As such, Ying has been named by political observers as a member of the " New Zhijiang Army." In November 2006, Ying was named president of the Zhejiang Provincial High Court.

Shanghai

Ying became president of the Shanghai High Court in January 2008. In April 2013, Ying was named the head of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and a member of the municipality's Party Standing Committee. In June 2014, he was named deputy party secretary, overseeing party affairs and the municipal party school. In September 2016, he further obtained the office of vice-mayor. This was considered highly unusual, as deputy party secretaries do not usually hold deputy government positions simultaneously. The move was therefore interpreted as grooming Ying for higher office, likely the future mayor of Shanghai. On 20 January 2017, Ying Yong was elected as mayor of Shanghai. Ying was the first mayor since

Zhu Rongji Zhu Rongji ( zh, s=朱镕基; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the 5th premier of China from 1998 to 2003. He also served as member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ...

to have spent the majority of his career outside of the municipality. Observers have noted that Ying is likely slated for further promotion. In 2017 he was elected a full member of the

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. Ying was a delegate to the 18th Party Congress, and a delegate to the 11th and 12th

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Hubei

On February 12, 2020, Ying was appointed

, replacing Jiang Chaoliang during the

. On June 19, he was elected chairman of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress.

National career

On April 20, 2022, he was made vice chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress. On September 2, he was chosen as deputy procurator-general of the

Supreme People's Procuratorate The Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China (SPP) is the highest national agency responsible for legal prosecution and prosecutorial investigation in China. The SPP reports to the National People's Congress (NPC). The P ...

. On 11 March 2023, he was formally elected as the procurator-general, succeeding Zhang Jun.

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