Presidnet Hu stresses improving relations between Party & people's congress

Chinese President Hu Jintao called on September 15 for scientifically regulating the relationship between Party committees and people's congresses, and to support people's congresses to function according to law.

The work must be done in line with the principle that the Communist Party of China (CPC) takes a dominant role and coordinates all sectors, said Hu in his speech at a grand rally here to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.

As a ruling Party, the CPC must lead, support and ensure the people to act as the master of the country, and maintain and realize their fundamental interests, said Hu, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

The people's congress system is a major way and the highest form manifesting the people's status as the master of the country, and the progressiveness and vitality of the system is deeply rooted in the people.

The power of government organs and officials comes from the people, so it must be used to serve the people and be put under their supervision, he said. Promoting rule of law will not only safeguard the people's status as the master of the country but also ensure the ruling position of the Party.

"To adhere to the Party's leadership, we must improve the leadership and conscientiously improve the Party's level of leadership and ruling capacity."

The leading position of the Party is resulted from long-term practice and is clearly stipulated by the Constitution. People's congresses at all levels and their standing committees must consciously put themselves under the Party's leadership, while the Party should realize its leadership mainly by drafting guiding policies, forwarding law-making proposals and recommending candidates of major government posts.

He stressed that the Party must act within the scope of the Constitution and law, and know how to use state powers to handle state affairs.

The Party's important propositions on state affairs, which are within the powers of the NPC and need to be implemented by the whole people, should be submitted to the NPC to go through legal procedures so as to become the will of the state, Hu said.

Leading government officials should be elected and appointed by people's congresses according to legal procedures and be supervised by people's congresses and their standing committees.

The role of Party organizations and Party members in government departments should be brought into full play in carrying out the Party's theories, lines, guiding principles and policies so as to realize the Party's leadership over state affairs.

This will be favorable to integrating the Party's propositions with the people's will, integrating the Party's policy decisions with the efforts for implementation, and helping government organs and leading officials to be accountable to both the Party and the people, so as to ensure that "the Party always stand in the frontline of the times to lead the people forward," he said.