Lang Sheng

Lang Sheng (Chinese: 郎胜; born February 1954) is a Chinese legal scholar and former senior official of the National People's Congress (NPC). He served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress and as deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the NPC Standing Committee. He is also known for his academic work in criminal law and has taught at several major Chinese universities.^[1]

Lang Sheng was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, in February 1954. Early in his career, from 1969 to 1977, he worked in the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, holding positions as a soldier, staff officer in a division headquarters, and later as a cadre in the labor and personnel office of the Mudanjiang State Farm Administration Bureau. In 1979, Lang was admitted to the China University of Political Science and Law, where he studied law.^[2][3]

After graduating in 1983, he joined the Criminal Law Division of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He rose through the ranks, serving as division director, deputy director, and later director of the commission's criminal law office. In March 2008, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and a member of the NPC Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee while continuing to lead the Criminal Law Office of the Legislative Affairs Commission.^[4] In December 2008, he was appointed deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission, a position he held until February 2016.^[5][6][7]

Beyond his official duties, Lang has held academic appointments at Renmin University of China, the China Youth University of Political Studies, and the National Prosecutors College. He has also served as a master's supervisor at Peking University and the China University of Political Science and Law, and as a research fellow at the International Criminal Law Institute of Renmin University.^[8]