Ho Chio Meng is the first and current Prosecutor General of the Public Prosecutions Office of the Macao Special Administrative Region, having been appointed in 1999, and re-appointed in 2004 and 2009.

Ho is also the President of the Macao Public Prosecutors Commission, President of the Macao Justice and Prosecution Society, and Honorary President of the Macao Juridical and Economic Authority.

Ho's ancestors moved to Macao from Panyu, Guangdong Province, in 1824, and he belongs to the fifth-generation of his family to have lived in the enclave. He was born in Macao, and, as a child, he moved with his family to Mainland China in 1958, where he remained for the next three decades.

Chinese Civil Servant

From 1972 to 1979, Ho worked for the Guangzhou Bureau for Foreign Trade, where he was involved in the areas of trade (import and export of foodstuffs) and of administration.

Legal career

Ho studied law at Southwest China University of Political Science and Law from 1979 to 1983, and received a Ph.D. and a Bachelor's Degree in Law.

Ho served in Guangdong Provincial People's High Court from 1987 to 1990 as Assistant Judge, Judge, and Chief of Court.

After returning to Macao in 1990, Ho went to the University of Coimbra in Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

, to further his study of the Portuguese language and law. Upon his return to Macao, he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of Macau

University of Macau

The University of Macau, ;, established in 1981, was the first and currently the largest university in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It was formerly known as University of East Asia , and was renamed the University of Macau in 1991. The university offers about 100 Doctoral, Master's and...

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In 1998, Ho took the Training Course for Senior Public Servants of Macao at the National Administration Institute of China, and he completed a doctoral course in Economic Law at the Law College of Beijing University

Peking University

Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...

 in 2002.

Macau Civil Servant

In Macao, Ho took up the post of Coordinator of the High Commissioner's Office Against Corruption of Administrative Illegality

Commission Against Corruption (Macau)

The Commission Against Corruption of the Macau was established with the Special Administrative Region in 1999 after China resumes sovereignty, pursuant to article 59 of the its Basic Law and modelled after the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong.The CCAC replaced the High...

in 1993, becoming Deputy High Commissioner in 1995, and he served, as required, as Acting High Commissioner.

Ho also became a magistrate in Macau.