The people's congress system is the fundamental political system in China, the organizational form of the people's democratic dictatorship in China, the political system in China and an important part of the socialist superstructure.
The people's congress system is a form of political organization in which all state power belongs to the people and democratic centralism, and on the basis of democratic elections in accordance with legal procedures, voters elect deputies to people's congresses at all levels to form local people's congresses at all levels and the National People's Congress, that is, organs of state power, which produce other state organs to exercise state power.
People's congresses are democratically elected. The National People's Congress is composed of deputies elected by provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, special administrative regions and the People's Liberation Army. The people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities divided into districts and autonomous prefectures are composed of deputies elected by the people's congresses at the next lower level. The people's congresses of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts, municipal districts, townships, nationality townships and towns are composed of representatives directly elected by voters.