Article 26 of the Judges Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Judges implement separate job sequence management.
Judges are divided into twelve grades, namely, chief justice, first-class judge, second-class judge, first-class senior judge, second-class senior judge, third-class senior judge, fourth-class senior judge, first-class judge, second-class judge, third-class judge, fourth-class judge and fifth-class judge.
Article 27 of the Judges Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Dean the Supreme People's Court is the Chief Justice.
Article 28 of the Judges Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
The judge's rank is determined on the basis of the judge's ability and political integrity, professional level, judicial performance and working years.
The promotion of judges' ranks adopts a combination of regular promotion and merit-based promotion, and judges who are particularly outstanding or have special needs in their work can be promoted by special approval.