Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11th-Entrusted by the 12th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), delivered the Work Report on the NPC Standing Committee to the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress on March 11th. The summary of the report is as follows:
I. Main work in the past five years
The past five years have been extraordinary in the development process of our party and country. The CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core unites and leads the people of all ethnic groups in China, promotes the overall layout of "five in one" as a whole, and promotes the "four comprehensive" strategic layout in a coordinated way. The cause of the party and the state has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the 12th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) fully implemented the spirit of the 18th and 19th CPC National Congress, thoroughly studied and implemented the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, firmly adhered to the organic unity of the party’s leadership, the people being the masters of the country and governing the country according to law, resolutely safeguarded the authority and core position of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary, and resolutely safeguarded the authority and centralized leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. Earnestly perform the duties entrusted by the Constitution and laws, create a new situation in the work of the National People’s Congress in an all-round way, make great achievements in the theoretical and practical innovation of the people’s congress system, and make great strides in the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law.
In the past five years, the Twelfth National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee have enacted 25 laws, revised 127 laws, adopted 46 decisions on legal issues and major issues, and made 9 legal interpretations. The legislation is numerous, heavy, fast-paced and effective. The Standing Committee inspected the implementation of 26 laws and 1 decision, listened to and deliberated 83 work reports, made 7 resolutions, conducted 15 special inquiries and 22 special investigations, improved the supervision mechanism and continuously improved the effectiveness of supervision. Decided to ratify 43 treaties and agreements concluded between China and foreign countries and 43 international conventions acceded to, and decided and approved the appointment and removal of a number of state functionaries.
(1) Efforts should be made to strengthen legislation in key areas and improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics with the Constitution as the core.
To consider and propose a draft constitutional amendment. Starting from the overall situation and strategic height of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made a major decision to amend the Constitution. The Second Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s proposal on amending part of the Constitution. The 12th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) promoted the revision of the Constitution in strict accordance with legal procedures. In January this year, the 32nd meeting of the Standing Committee was held to seriously discuss the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s proposal to amend the Constitution and form a draft amendment to the Constitution, which was submitted to the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress for deliberation. Members of the Standing Committee fully support and resolutely support the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee on amending the Constitution. They agree that it is of great and far-reaching significance to include the major theoretical viewpoints and major principles and policies set by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, especially the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, in the fundamental law of the country, so as to promote the development of China’s Constitution with the times and provide a strong constitutional guarantee for upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Improve the legal system to ensure the implementation of the Constitution. Establish a national constitution day, strengthen the publicity and education of the constitution, and vigorously carry forward the spirit of the constitution. Establish a constitutional oath system, stipulating that state functionaries will take the constitutional oath publicly when they take office, and solemnly promise to be loyal to the Constitution, the motherland and the people. The Amnesty system stipulated in the Constitution was implemented, and on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the world anti-fascist war, a decision was made to grant amnesty to some prisoners. Formulate the national medal and the national honorary title law, and implement the national meritorious honor recognition system stipulated in the Constitution. Formulate the national anthem law, together with the national flag law and the national emblem law that have been implemented before, to safeguard the dignity of important national symbols and symbols established by the Constitution.
Accelerate the construction of national security and the rule of law. We have implemented the overall concept of national security, maintained political determination, and seized the opportunity of legislation. We have successively promulgated a number of important laws, such as the National Security Law, the Anti-Spy Law, the Anti-Terrorism Law, the Law on the Administration of Domestic Activities of Overseas NGOs, the Cyber Security Law, the National Intelligence Law, the National Defense Traffic Law, the Military Facilities Protection Law, and the Nuclear Security Law, which have provided a strong guarantee for safeguarding national security, core interests and major interests.
Promote the compilation of the civil code and the formulation of the general principles of civil law. Compiling the Civil Code is an arduous task for several generations of legislators in New China. This session of the Standing Committee put forward a "two-step" working idea: first, formulate the general principles of civil law that play a leading role in the civil code; Then compile the various parts and strive to form a unified civil code by 2020. After three deliberations and repeated revisions by the Standing Committee, the Fifth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress passed the General Principles of Civil Law and completed the opening work of the Civil Code, laying a solid foundation for compiling a civil code with China characteristics, reflecting the spirit of the times and reflecting the wishes of the people. At present, the compilation of various parts of the Civil Code is progressing steadily.
Strengthen the legislation of socialist market economy. Put forward the implementation opinions on implementing the statutory principle of taxation, and clarify the reform path and relevant legislative work arrangements by 2020. Formulate environmental protection tax law, tobacco tax law, ship tonnage tax law, and amend the enterprise income tax law. Carry out the legal cleanup of property rights protection. Amend the Law on Anti-unfair Competition, the Law on the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, the Law on Farmers’ Specialized Cooperatives, the Law on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements, the Law on Standardization, the Law on Trademark, the Law on Advertising, and the Law on Tourism and Assets Evaluation.
Promoting the construction of socialist core values by law. We decided to set up Martyrs’ Memorial Day, China People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Victory Day and National Day of Public Sacrifice for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, consider the draft law on the protection of heroic martyrs, and vigorously carry forward the great national spirit with patriotism as the core. The enactment of public cultural service guarantee law, public library law and film industry promotion law has changed the relatively backward situation of China’s cultural legislation.
Provide a strong rule of law guarantee for improving people’s livelihood. To meet the needs of the people’s growing beautiful ecological environment, we will comprehensively revise the environmental protection law, successively revise the air pollution prevention law, the water pollution prevention law, the marine environmental protection law, and the wildlife protection law, establish a public interest litigation system for ecological environment and resource protection, and build the most stringent legal system for ecological environment protection. Comprehensively revise the food safety law to ensure the "safety on the tip of the tongue" of the people. It has also enacted a charity law, an anti-domestic violence law, a special equipment safety law, revised the safety production law, the consumer rights protection law, and passed the criminal law amendment (IX).
Firmly safeguard the constitutional order of the special administrative region established by the Constitution and the Basic Law. Exercise the powers conferred by the Constitution and the Basic Law, make a decision on the issue of universal suffrage for the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and clarify the direction and basic institutional arrangements for the gradual development of democracy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Explain Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, resolutely curb and oppose "Hong Kong independence" and safeguard the authority of the Constitution and the Basic Law. Approve the cooperation arrangement of "co-location of customs clearance" between the Mainland and Hong Kong at Kowloon Station of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway, and confirm that the cooperation arrangement conforms to the Constitution and the Basic Law of Hong Kong. It is decided to include the National Anthem Law in Annex III of the Basic Law of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, so as to ensure that the law is followed in Hong Kong and Macao.
New progress has been made in scientific legislation, democratic legislation and legislation according to law. Strengthen legislative organization and coordination, and give full play to the leading role of the NPC and its Standing Committee in legislative work. Since 2015, it has been submitted to the National People’s Congress for deliberation of important legal cases for four consecutive years. Establish a system of organizing the drafting of important draft laws by the special committees of the National People’s Congress and the working organs of the Standing Committee, and organize the drafting or submission of 70 legal cases for deliberation in the past five years. Work norms such as collection and demonstration of legislative projects, consultation on adjustment and demonstration of major legislative interests, and introduction of third-party evaluation of important legislative matters were introduced. We improved the system of legislative expert consultation, established the system of grass-roots legislative contact points, and made it clear that all the draft laws that the Standing Committee first considered and continued to consider were published to the public for comments in a timely manner, with a total of 81 draft laws published. Starting from the first law passed by the current Standing Committee, we will establish and implement a pre-approval evaluation system for legal cases to make legislation more scientific and meticulous, and ensure that legal provisions are tenable, feasible and effective.
(2) Give full play to the leading and promoting role of legislation to ensure that major reforms are well-founded and implemented smoothly.
Ensure that the reform of the national supervision system is carried out according to law. Carry out the major decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee on deepening the reform of the state supervision system, and successively make decisions to carry out reform pilots in Beijing, Shanxi and Zhejiang provinces and push them across the country, thus providing legal support for the orderly advancement of the reform pilot work. Actively do a good job in the legislative work of the supervision law. After two serious deliberations and public comments, the Standing Committee decided to submit the draft supervision law to this meeting for deliberation.
Improve the working mechanism of authorization decision and reform decision. In view of the reform measures that are inconsistent with the current legal provisions, are not mature enough to amend the law, and need to be tried first, make authorization decisions or reform decisions according to law. Listen to and review the report on the pilot work in a timely manner, and strengthen supervision and effectiveness evaluation. For the reform measures that need to be explored, it is decided to extend the pilot period or incorporate new pilots to improve them. The reform measures that have been proved to be effective in practice should be replicated and promoted by amending and perfecting relevant laws. In the past five years, 21 authorization decisions and reform decisions have been made, involving a number of major reforms in the pilot free trade zone, the rural collective land system, the judicial system, national defense and the military.
Strengthen the reform of laws related to reform. The individual clauses of the relevant laws that are not suitable for the needs of reform shall be revised together by means of overall revision of laws. In the past five years, a total of 15 decisions to amend laws as a whole have been reviewed and approved, involving 95 amendments to laws, and reforms in administrative examination and approval and vocational qualification recognition have been continuously promoted. Implement the major deployment of the CPC Central Committee to reform and adjust the birth policy, and make a timely resolution to amend the population and family planning law. Decided to abolish the legal provisions on reeducation through labor. Explain the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law.
(C) efforts to improve the supervision mechanism, strengthen the supervision of the implementation of constitutional laws and the work of "one government, two houses".
Improve the working mechanism of law enforcement inspection, improve and perfect the special inquiry. Strengthening law enforcement inspection has been placed in a prominent position in supervision. Since 2015, the number of law enforcement inspection projects has increased to six every year. 96 members of the chairman’s meeting led a team to conduct law enforcement inspections, and about 900 members of the Standing Committee, special committees and NPC deputies participated in law enforcement inspections. Explore the formation of a "full chain" workflow including six links: topic selection, organization, report, deliberation, rectification and feedback. A number of opinions on improving and perfecting special inquiries were issued, demanding that questions be asked to the point, that questions be answered realistically, and that "one question and one answer" reflect the voices of the people and respond to their concerns. Over the past five years, 155 responsible comrades from the State Council and relevant departments attended the meeting to listen to opinions and answer questions.
Innovate the supervision mechanism of budget final accounts review. Revise the budget law and enrich the legal provisions for strengthening the review and supervision of the budget and final accounts of the National People’s Congress. Improve the mechanism of reporting the rectification of outstanding problems found in the audit to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), and listen to and review the rectification report of the State Council for three consecutive years. Establish a system for the State Council to report the management of state-owned assets to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), put forward the guiding opinions for the NPC budget review and supervision to focus on expenditure budget and policy expansion, improve the mechanism of listening to the opinions and suggestions of NPC deputies and all sectors of society before budget review, promote the online supervision of NPC budget, and realize the full-scale review of budget final accounts and real-time online supervision of the whole process of budget implementation.
Continue to strengthen follow-up supervision and promote the three major battles. Focus on preventing and resolving major risks, approve local government debt limits, listen to and review local government debt management reports, emphasize finding out the base, strengthen constraints, strictly control increments, and resolve stocks; Listen to and consider reports on central final accounts, budget implementation and prevention of financial risks, review and approve annual central final accounts and budget adjustment plans, and strengthen supervision over financial transfer payments and the use of state financial special funds in key areas such as science and technology, water conservancy and education. Focus on fighting the tough battle against poverty accurately, listen to and review the relevant special reports of the State Council twice and carry out special inquiries. For five consecutive years, focus on supervising 127 suggestions made by delegates on tackling poverty, focusing on promoting poverty alleviation in ethnic areas and old revolutionary areas, check the implementation of the law on regional ethnic autonomy, and carry out special investigations on the revitalization and development of the former Central Soviet Area such as Gannan. Focus on the tough battle against pollution, continuously check the implementation of six environmental laws, such as the Environmental Protection Law, the Law on the Prevention of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes and the Law on the Prevention of Air Pollution, listen to and review the annual report on the State Council’s environmental situation and the completion of environmental protection targets for two consecutive years, and listen to and review seven special reports, including ecological compensation, nature reserve construction and grassland ecological environmental protection, to promote the solution of outstanding environmental problems.
Strengthen the supervision of economic work and promote the implementation of the new development concept. Review and approve the Outline of the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, listen to the mid-term evaluation report on the implementation of the Outline of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and listen to the report on the implementation of the review plan every year to promote the smooth completion of the main goals and major tasks of economic and social development. Focusing on promoting supply-side structural reforms, making the real economy bigger and stronger, and listening to and deliberating special reports on the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing, the deep integration of informationization and industrialization; Check the implementation of the product quality law, the law on promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, the patent law and other laws. Focusing on promoting the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, promoting farmers’ sustained income increase, listening to and deliberating special reports on new rural construction, rural land contracting, rural financial reform and development, and agricultural and forestry scientific and technological innovation; Check the implementation of agricultural law, seed law and other laws. Focusing on promoting the coordinated development of regions and urban and rural areas, we listened to and deliberated special reports on the development of the western region and urbanization.
Comprehensive use of various forms of supervision to promote the protection and improvement of people’s livelihood in development. Focusing on ensuring the safety of people’s production and life, law enforcement inspection was carried out immediately after the revision of the Food Safety Law. In the same year, the feedback report on the State Council’s research and handling of law enforcement inspection reports and deliberation opinions was heard; Check the implementation of laws such as the Law on Safety in Production, the Law on Road Traffic Safety, the Law on Cyber Security, and the Law on the Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Interests, and listen to and consider special reports on safety in production, drug management, and prevention and control of infectious diseases. Check the implementation of laws such as the Vocational Education Law, the Compulsory Education Law, the Law on the Protection of Minors, and the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, listen to and consider special reports on the construction of urban and rural social security system, the reform of medical and health system, and the construction of public cultural service system, and promote the equalization of basic public services.
Strengthen the supervision of judicial work and safeguard judicial justice. Hearing and deliberating 15 special reports from the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, strengthening supervision over judicial reform, judicial openness, administrative adjudication, anti-corruption and bribery, supporting and promoting judicial organs to implement the major decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee to deepen the reform of the judicial system, exercising judicial power and procuratorial power fairly according to law, and improving judicial credibility.
Perform the duties of constitutional supervision and improve the record review system. Implement the linkage mechanism of filing and review, formulate the working rules of filing and review, establish a unified national filing and review information platform, and implement everything that is necessary, everything that is prepared must be reviewed, and mistakes must be corrected. Listen to the report on the work of deliberation, filing and review for the first time. In the past five years, 4,778 normative documents submitted for the record have been accepted, 188 administrative regulations and judicial interpretations have been actively reviewed one by one, special reviews have been carried out with emphasis on local regulations, 1,527 review suggestions put forward by citizens and organizations have been carefully studied, and problems found in the review that contradict or are inappropriate with the law have been urged to be corrected by the enacting organs, so as to ensure that the central authorities order it to be banned, ensure the implementation of the constitutional laws and safeguard the unity of the national legal system.
(four) efforts to deepen and expand the work of representatives, give full play to the role of representatives.
Close contact with NPC deputies and the people. Establish and implement the system that members of the chairman’s meeting and members of the Standing Committee contact NPC deputies. Members of the chairman’s meeting directly contact 87 deputies and members of the Standing Committee directly contact 333 deputies. Broaden the channels for deputies to participate in the work of the Standing Committee and special committees, 1,500 people participated in law enforcement inspection activities, and 1,600 people attended the meetings of the Standing Committee as nonvoting delegates, so as to achieve the goal of attending at least one meeting of the Standing Committee during the term of office of deputies to the grassroots National People’s Congress. We will improve the system of informing delegates of the important work of the Standing Committee and special committees. Formulate the implementation opinions of representatives in close contact with the people, organize representatives to carry out research and inspection, and smooth the channels for expressing and reflecting social conditions and public opinions.
Enhance the effectiveness of deliberation and suggestions on behalf of the motion. Over the past five years, deputies to the 12th National People’s Congress have put forward 2,366 motions and 41,353 suggestions. Among the bills put forward by the deputies, 59 legislative items involved in 514 bills have been reviewed and approved, 12 legislative items involved in 153 bills are under consideration, and 22 supervision items involved in 37 bills have been organized and implemented. Each organizer combines the suggestions of handling representatives with changing the style of work and improving the work, so that each piece has a reply and a landing. The 860 suggestions reflected by the delegates were combined and classified into 91 suggestions, which were handed over to the relevant special committees for key supervision, which promoted the resolution of a number of key and difficult issues related to the vital interests of the masses.
Strengthen the construction of the ideological and political style of deputies and perform their duties supervision. We will improve the learning and training system for deputies, hold 22 classes for deputies, with 5,520 participants, so as to achieve the goal of attending at least one performance study during the term of office of deputies to the grassroots National People’s Congress. Effectively strengthen the qualification examination of representatives. Support the original electoral unit to supervise the performance and activities of representatives according to law.
(5) Efforts should be made to promote the perfect development of the NPC system and lay a solid foundation for the construction of state power and the Party’s long-term governance.
Strengthen the work and construction of county and township people’s congresses. In the five-level people’s congresses in China, the county and township people’s congresses have a special position and an important role. The National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) organized a two-year special investigation, put forward some opinions on strengthening the work and construction of county and township people’s congresses, submitted them to the CPC Central Committee for approval and forwarding, and simultaneously revised the local organization law, election law and representative law. Comrades of local people’s congresses generally believe that this is the biggest effort to promote the construction of local people’s congresses for many years, and it has solved some outstanding problems that have long restricted the development of grassroots people’s congresses.
Give all districts and cities local legislative power. The Third Session of the 12th National People’s Congress adopted a decision on amending the legislative law, which endowed the cities with districts with local legislative power according to law, clarified the authority and scope of local legislation, and further improved China’s legislative system. In the past three years, the municipal and state people’s congresses newly endowed with local legislative power have formulated 595 local laws and regulations, which have provided strong support for strengthening and innovating local governance.
Safeguard the dignity of the people’s congress system. Resolutely implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and determine that 45 NPC deputies in Liaoning Province who canvassed and bribed elections were invalid according to law; According to the spirit of the Constitution and relevant legal principles, we should take creative measures to properly handle the issues related to the election case of canvassing and bribery in Liaoning in a timely manner. Preside over the election of deputies to the 13th National People’s Congress in accordance with the law, guide the work related to the general election of local people’s congresses, profoundly draw lessons from the election case of canvassing and bribery in Liaoning and the election case of sabotage in Hengyang, Hunan, take strict preventive measures, strictly observe discipline and rules, and ensure that the election work is clean and upright.
(6) Focus on strengthening the NPC’s foreign exchanges and serving the diplomacy of a big country with China characteristics.
Strengthen friendly exchanges with parliaments of various countries. Received 275 foreign parliamentary delegations to visit China and organized 311 delegations to visit China. Signed 21 cooperation documents with parliaments of 19 countries and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, established exchange mechanisms with parliaments of 21 countries including Russia and the United States and the European Parliament, and conducted 65 exchange activities. For the first time, it received a joint visit to China by parliamentary leaders of seven Nordic and Baltic countries. Actively carry out multilateral parliamentary diplomacy. Chairman the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) attended the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament and the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference for the first time. He put forward China’s proposal and China’s proposal on eliminating poverty, promoting peaceful development and promoting the democratization of international relations. Play a constructive role in international and regional parliamentary organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, the BRICS Parliamentary Forum and the Latin American Parliament.
Give play to the unique role of the NPC in foreign exchanges. Adhere to the primary task of promoting the implementation of the major diplomatic actions of the Supreme Leader Chairman, enhance mutual understanding and political mutual trust, and expand the public opinion base and social base. Promote the parliaments of relevant countries to support and approve cooperation documents with China, and strengthen the legal guarantee and policy coordination for jointly building the "Belt and Road". Focus on democracy and the rule of law, strengthen the exchange of experience in governing the country, spread the voice of China, tell the story of the National People’s Congress, and enhance the international community’s understanding, recognition and support of China’s development path and domestic and foreign policies. In view of the wrong words and deeds of the countries concerned on issues concerning China’s core interests, we should properly respond and take the initiative to speak out and firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests.
(seven) efforts to promote the party building of the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee, and constantly improve the ability and level of performing their duties according to law.
We will implement the strategic plan of the Party Central Committee to strictly manage the Party in an all-round way, earnestly strengthen the construction of the Party Group in the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), and play a role in guiding the direction, managing the overall situation and ensuring implementation. Adhere to the political construction in the first place, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core in political stance, political direction, political principles and political road. In the past five years, a total of 202 reports have been requested from the CPC Central Committee. In-depth study and profound understanding of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, conscientiously carry out the Party’s mass line education practice activities and the "three strictness and three realities" special education, promote the normalization and institutionalization of the "two studies and one doing" study and education, strengthen theoretical arms, strengthen ideals and beliefs, and practice the fundamental purpose. Held 58 times of collective study by the party group of the Standing Committee, and held 31 special lectures of the Standing Committee. Strengthen the leadership of the party groups of the organs of the Standing Committee, set up sub-party groups in various special committees, hold symposiums on party building work, and promote the comprehensive and strict implementation of the party in the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee.
Persevere in changing style to style. Formulate and strictly implement the opinions of the Party Group of the Standing Committee on adhering to the Party’s mass line and strengthening work style construction, and the measures for the members of the Chairman’s meeting to implement the eight central regulations, and resolutely oppose and correct the "four winds". Always regard investigation and research as the basic skill of doing a good job in the work of the National People’s Congress, so that legislation, supervision and other work can be grounded, gather public opinion and seek practical results. Carry out the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, and put forward and implement specific measures to improve the atmosphere of the National People’s Congress for four consecutive years. Establish a notification system for members of the Standing Committee and members of special committees to attend meetings of the Standing Committee.
Improve the news public opinion and theoretical research work of the NPC. Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress, and systematically summarize the important experience of implementing the people’s congress system. Vigorously publicize the country’s fundamental political system and achievements in building democracy and the rule of law, interpret important legislation in a timely and authoritative manner, and hold symposiums on legal publicity and implementation to continuously improve the transparency of the work of the National People’s Congress. The China Municipal People’s Congress System Theory Research Association was established to strengthen the theoretical and practical research on the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law.
The main experience of two or five years’ work
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has attached great importance to the construction of the people’s congress system and comprehensively strengthened its leadership over the work of the people’s congresses. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National People’s Congress, profoundly revealing the historical inevitability and great significance of implementing the people’s congress system in China, clearly putting forward the basic requirements for adhering to and improving the people’s congress system, and systematically expounding a series of major principles for unswervingly following the road of political development in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which is a programmatic document for advancing with the times to improve the people’s congress system and promote the construction of socialist democratic politics. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) meeting for four consecutive years to listen to the work report of the the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Party Group, and studied many major issues and important matters in the work of the National People’s Congress. The CPC Central Committee issued a series of important documents, such as the party leading the legislative work, strengthening the work and construction of county and township people’s congresses, improving the system of people’s congresses discussing and deciding major issues, and strengthening the work of people’s congresses, which pointed out the direction and provided guidance for doing a good job in the work of people’s congresses under the new situation. In practice, we have further deepened our understanding of the scientific connotation and essential characteristics of the people’s congress system, and further deepened our understanding of the orientation and law of the work of the people’s congress.
(1) the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is the essential requirement and the greatest advantage of the people’s congress system. We must firmly adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core. (2) The Party’s guiding ideology is the scientific guidance and action guide for upholding and improving the people’s congress system, and it is necessary to fully implement the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. (3) The system of people’s congresses is an important way and the highest form of realization for Chinese people to be masters of their own affairs, and it is necessary to effectively implement the people’s being masters of their own affairs in the political and social life of the country. (4) Governing the country according to law in an all-round way is the essential requirement and important guarantee of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the important role of the NPC and its Standing Committee in comprehensively promoting the rule of law must be fully exerted. (5) The people’s congress system is an important part of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and it must be unswervingly adhered to and improved with the times.
Iii. suggestions for the work in the coming year
2018 is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is also the first year for the 13th National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee to perform their duties according to law. We must adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the First, Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 19th National Congress, firmly adhere to the organic unity of the party’s leadership, the people being the masters of the country and governing the country according to law, persist in and constantly improve the people’s congress system for a long time, fully shoulder all the responsibilities entrusted by the Constitution and laws, and strive to open up a new situation in the work of the National People’s Congress in the new era. Adhere to the party’s leadership over all work, resolutely safeguard the authority and core position of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Comrade of the Supreme Leader as the core, and ensure that the party’s line, principles and policies and the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee are implemented in all work of the National People’s Congress. Adhere to the principle that all state power belongs to the people, strengthen the system guarantee that the people are the masters of the country, and support and ensure that the people exercise state power through the people’s congresses. Adhere to the implementation of the Constitution in a prominent position in comprehensively administering the country according to law, earnestly strengthen the implementation and supervision of the Constitution, earnestly strengthen the publicity and education of the Constitution, and raise the work of governing the country according to law and the Constitution to a new level. Adhere to the overall situation of the work of the party and the state, exercise legislative power, supervisory power, decision-making power and appointment and dismissal power according to law, give full play to the advantages of the country’s fundamental political system, ensure the country’s unified and efficient organization and promotion of various undertakings, and better meet the people’s growing needs for a better life.
We believe that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, under the scientific guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and with the strong support of the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, the new National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee will certainly be able to write a new chapter in the work of the National People’s Congress in the new era.
Great dreams inspire us to continue our struggle, and great times inspire us to forge ahead. Let us unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, hold high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, thoroughly study and implement the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, Do not forget your initiative mind, keep in mind the mission, blaze new trails and forge ahead, and make unremitting efforts to win the Chinese dream of building a well-off society in an all-round way, winning the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
