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About NPC
National
People's Congress (NPC)
The
NPC is the highest organ of state power in the People's Republic
of China. It exercises the state power of legislation; makes
decisions on important issues in national life; elects and
decides on the choice of the leading personnel of the highest
state organs of the People's Republic of China, i.e. members
of the Standing Committee of the NPC, the President and Vice-President
of the state, the choice of the Premier and other component
members of the State Council; elects the Chairman of the Central
Military Commission and decides on the choice of other component
members of the Commission; and elects the President of the
Supreme People's Court and the Procurator-General of the Supreme
People's Procuratorate.
A
scene of the First Session of the Ninth National People's
Congress of the People's Republic of China. The NPC is elected
for a term of five years and meets once a year. When the NPC
is not in session, its permanent organ--the Standing Committee--exercises
the state power. The Standing Committee of the NPC is composed
of the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, Secretary-General and members.
The present Chairman is Li Peng.
The
First Session of the Ninth National People's Congress, held
March 5-19, 1998, was a transition conference. Its theme was
to hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory, unite
as one, work hard and advance with a pioneering spirit so
as to carry the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics
into the 21st century in an all-round way. The nearly 3,000
NPC deputies enthusiastically pooled their wisdom and efforts,
and justified the great trust placed in them by the people
of all ethnic groups by fulfilling several tasks of historical
significance: They examined and adopted the Report on the
Work of the Government made by Premier Li Peng on behalf of
the State Council and the relevant reports concerning the
national economy and social development; chose the new government
leadership; and examined and approved the program for restructuring
the State Council. This Session turned the great objectives
put forward at the 15th National Congress of the CPC into
the country's will through legal procedures, thus providing
a political and organizational guarantee for China's modernization
drive.
The NPC Standing
Committee
The
NPC Standing Committee is the permanent organ of the National
People's Congress. It is responsible to the Congress and reports
to the Congress on its work. It is composed of the chairman,
the vice-chairmen, the secretary-general, and other members.
No one on the NPC Standing Committee may hold office in any
of the administrative, judicial or procuratorial organs of
the state. The Standing Committees are elected for the same
five-year term as the National People's Congress.
Li
Peng, Chairman of the NPC
Vice-Chairpersons:
Special
Committees
Financial
and Economic Committee: Chen Guangyi
Ethnic
Affairs Committee: Wang Chaowen
Law
Committee: Wang Weicheng
Internal
and Judicial Affairs Committee: Hou Zongbin
Education,Science,
Culture and Health Committee: Zhu Kaixuan
Foreign
Affairs Committee: Zeng Jianhui
Overseas
Chinese Affairs Committee: Gan Ziyu
Environmental
and Resources Protection Committee: Qu Geping
Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee: Gao Dezhan
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