To date, 11 professors have assumed posts as deputy procurators of
the People's Procuratorates at district or county level in the
Chinese capital, according to Xu Haifeng, chief procurator of the
Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate (BMPP).
The first was Chen Xingliang, an expert in criminal law in the Law
School of Peking University, who was appointed to the Procuratorate
of Haidian District, where the university is situated. Following
this example, procuratorates of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Xuanwu,
Chaoyang and Changping (all either districts or counties under
Beijing's jurisdiction) hired other professors from Peking
University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China (RUC)
and China University of Politics and Law (CUPL). Through legal
procedures, these professors are appointed by the Standing
Committee of the People's Congress at district or county level.
This action is designed to make full use of the human resources in
Beijing and meet the need for high-quality legal personnel in
district or county level procuratorates.
The system of politics and law and procurators was severely damaged
during the "cultural revolution (1966-76)." It was not until 1996
that the BMPP decided to engage university professors in
procuratorates under certain conditions.
Meanwhile, the BMPP has employed Chen Guangzhong, former president
of CUPL, Wang Zuofu, an expert with RUC, as well as another 14
legal experts as consultants or supervisors.
"This is a fine measure to bring talented people into full play in
procuratorates," Xu said. "These professors can help solve
difficult problems in procuratorates, while collecting a large
number of cases in practice to help improve their teaching."
(CIIC 02/12/2001)