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The Presidium plays a leading role in organizing the work of the
NPC and provides the chairs of meetings. Its members are elected
from among the deputies at a preliminary meeting.
NPC Rules of Procedure stipulate that the NPC Standing Committee
should raise a list of candidates for the Presidium. This is passed
to the various delegations for deliberation. A meeting of the NPC
chairmen will then amend the list according to the wishes of the
delegations and submit the revised list back for approval.
Typically the membership of the Presidium would include:
- leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and of the
state;
- leaders of the central committees of non-Communist
parties;
- leaders of the All-China Federation of Industry and
Commerce
- citizens with no party affiliations;
- leaders at national level in the government, the army and mass
organizations;
- representatives from special economic regions and from Hong
Kong and Macao;
- representatives of the armed forces;
- representatives of such sectors as business, science and
technology, education, culture, health, sport, religion and
overseas Chinese;
- representatives of ethnic minorities with large
populations;
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