▲ On September 27, 1954, the first session of the first National People's Congress elected Zhang Dingcheng as the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.  

　　 On September 27, 1954, the first session of the First National People's Congress elected Zhang Dingcheng as the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. Zhang Dingcheng was the first Procurator General elected by the People's Representative of the Republic, and also the second Procurator General of the Republic 。  

　　 In the fifties and sixties of the last century, when political movements came and went, Zhang Dingcheng was re elected as Procurator General for three consecutive terms. The ups and downs during this period are deeply engraved in the memory of the Republic.  

　　 Zhang Dingcheng (1898-1981) was born in Yongding, Fujian. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927. In 1930, he served as the chairman of the Soviet government in western Fujian. In 1931, he was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic and Minister of Land. In 1932, he served as the chairman of the Soviet Government of Fujian Province. During the War of Liberation, he served as the commander of Central China. After the founding of New China, he served as secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and chairman of the government, vice chairman of the East China Administrative Committee, and vice minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. In September 1954, April 1959 and January 1965, he was successively elected as the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and served as the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group. Member of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh CPC Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fourth and Fifth National People's Congress.  

　　 Among the successive procurators general of the Republic, Zhang Dingcheng was the longest serving, serving three consecutive terms. The old man has experienced the most tortuous and bumpy journey of the procuratorial cause in New China. 　  

　　 "Comrade Shaoqi, my level is limited and I have no experience in procuratorial work, so I'm afraid I can't shoulder this heavy task." On the eve of the first National People's Congress, Deng Xiaoping, then the Secretary General of the CPC Central Committee, visited Zhang Dingcheng who was hospitalized with hepatitis. When Zhang learned that the Central Committee intended to nominate him as the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, he immediately returned home to call Liu Shaoqi. 　  

　　 "Comrade Ding Cheng, the Central Committee of the Party has considered carefully. Procuratorial work is very important. It should be led by respected and experienced comrades. If the Party asks you to do it, you can do it. Don't refuse." Liu Shaoqi's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone. 　  

　　 "Since the party and the organization trust me, I will obey the organization's arrangement." Establishing a procuratorial organization and enriching procuratorial personnel became Zhang Dingcheng's primary task at the beginning of his tenure. 　  

　　 Unfortunately, on November 28, 1955, Zhang Dingcheng, who was overworked all the year round, committed hepatitis again, and his blood pressure also rose. He proposed to the Central Committee to have a rest in Guangdong for a month or two, which was approved. 　  

　　 Although the weather is getting warmer and warmer along the way, and the humid atmosphere in the south is getting thicker and thicker, Zhang Dingcheng is not in the mood to pay attention. He took this opportunity to investigate the procuratorial work of nine provinces and cities along the way, including Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong, and listened to the work reports of Anhui and Fujian provincial courts. 　  

　　 The phenomenon of wrong arrest and wrong judgment in some provinces made Zhang Dingcheng's heart suddenly heavy. 　  

　　 He didn't "cover up his family". On February 28, 1956, he summarized the investigation and wrote a report to Peng Zhen, Dong Biwu and Luo Ruiqing, stating the problems in the "counter revolutionaries suppression" activities, and proposing that under the leadership of local Party committees, the three organizations of the public security organs, the procuratorate and the judiciary should focus on reviewing the handled cases. 　  

　　 His opinion was valued by the central government. The judicial department has issued several notices to urge local authorities to review and correct a number of wrong cases. 　  

　　 After the anti rightist movement in 1957, the people's procuratorate bid farewell to the short golden period and entered a turbulent period. 　  

　　 In 1959, Zhang Dingcheng was elected the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate for the second time. 　  

　　 Zhang Dingcheng was exhausted by the continuous political movements, and was unable to protect some cadres from attack. Zhang Dingcheng drafted his resignation, but had to give up because of the wrong time. In 1964, at the age of 66, Zhang Dingcheng was elected the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate for the third time. In 1968, when he learned that the Central Committee had decided to revoke the procuratorial organ, he looked at the gray sky outside, and could not help crying in his heart for the ill fated procuratorial cause and the bumpy road of New China. 　  

　　 In 1978, the first session of the Fifth National People's Congress adopted the third constitution of our country, and decided to re-establish the People's Procuratorate. The procuratorial organ, which had been silent in the dark for 10 years, finally broke away the dark clouds and saw the light again. At the moment when the new constitution was voted, Zhang Dingcheng burst into tears and applauded desperately. At that time, Zhang Dingcheng had been suffering from hemiplegia for six years because of his torture during the "Cultural Revolution". 　  

　　 A year later, in response to the call of the Central Committee to abolish the lifelong leadership system, Zhang Dingcheng asked his secretary to draft his resignation and handed it to the Central Committee. The Third Session of the Fifth National People's Congress passed a resolution accepting his resignation request. In 1981, Zhang Dingcheng died in Beijing.