Lawmakers on Friday elected Zhou Qiang president of the Supreme People's Court, making the 52 year old the 10th chief justice since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

On the same day, during the annual session of the 12th National People's Congress, the top legislature, NPC deputies also re-elected Cao Jianming, 57, to a second term as procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. Cao is the PRC's ninth chief procurator.

As the country's highest judicial organ, the Supreme People's Court oversees the administration of justice by local courts at multiple levels, as well as special courts. The president of the Supreme People's Court is also the country's chief justice.