The System of People's Congresses

The nature of socialist democracy is embodied in the role of the people in running the country. The report to the 19th CPC National Congress emphasized the imperative to continue to uphold and improve the system of people's congresses, a fundamental institutional framework that ensures the leadership by the Party, the running of the country by the people, and the rule of law. We should support and ensure the people’s exercise of state power through people’s congresses.

We should see to it that people's congresses and their standing committees play the leading role in lawmaking, and improve the organizational and working systems of people's congresses to support and ensure the exercise of their statutory powers of enacting laws, conducting oversight, making decisions, and appointing and removing officials. We should give better play to the role of deputies to people's congresses, and enable people's congresses at all levels and their standing committees to fully perform their functions as stipulated in the Constitution and the law, and to truly represent the people and maintain close ties with them. We should improve the setup of special committees of people's congresses and the composition of their standing committees and special committees. 

人民代表大會制度

社會主義民主政治的本質是人民當家作主。中共十九大報告強調，人民代表大會制度是堅持黨的領導、人民當家作主、依法治國有機統一的根本政治制度安排，必須長期堅持、不斷完善。要支持和保證人民通過人民代表大會行使國家權力。發揮人大及其常委會在立法工作中的主導作用，健全人大組織制度和工作制度，支持和保證人大依法行使立法權、監督權、決定權、任免權，更好發揮人大代表作用，使各級人大及其常委會成為全面擔負起憲法法律賦予的各項職責的工作機關，成為同人民群眾保持密切聯系的代表機關。完善人大專門委員會設置，優化人大常委會和專門委員會組成人員結構。