Chen Xu (prosecutor)

Chen Xu
陈旭
Prosecutor General of Shanghai People's Procuratorate
In office
February 2008 – January 2016
Succeeded byZhang Bencai
Personal details
BornNovember 1952 (age 71–72)
Shanghai, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1974–2017; expelled)

Chen Xu (simplified Chinese: 陈旭; traditional Chinese: 陳旭; pinyin: Chén Xù; born November 1952) is a former Chinese prosecutor who served as the Prosecutor General of Shanghai People's Procuratorate from 2008 to 2016. He was investigated in March 2017 by the Communist Party's anti-graft agency, suspected of corruption.