BEIJING, March 11 -- Ying Yong was elected procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Saturday at the ongoing first session of the 14th National People's Congress, China's national legislature.

He made a public pledge of allegiance to the Constitution at the Great Hall of the People upon assuming office.

Ying is currently a member of the 20th CPC Central Committee. Born in November 1957, he began his first job in December 1976 and joined the Communist Party of China in April 1979.