The functions and powers of the National People's Congress

The main functions and powers of the National People's Congress are: national legislative power; The right to decide major national issues; The right to elect, decide and recall members or leaders of the highest state organs; The right to supervise the implementation of the Constitution and the work of other highest state organs, as well as other functions and powers that should be exercised by them. The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC)'s main functions and powers are: national legislative power; The right to decide major national issues; The right to appoint and dismiss the relevant personnel of the highest state organ; Supervise the implementation of the Constitution and laws, the work of other highest state organs, and other functions and powers granted by the National People's Congress. The main functions and powers of local people's congresses at or above the county level are: the right to decide major local issues; The right to elect and recall members or leaders of local state organs; To ensure the implementation of laws and supervise the work of other state organs at the same level. Some local people's congresses also enjoy local legislative power. The main functions and powers of the standing committees of local people's congresses at or above the county level are: the power to decide major local issues; The appointment and removal rights of relevant personnel of local state organs; To ensure the implementation of laws and supervise the work of other state organs at the same level. Some local people's congress standing committees also enjoy local legislative power.

The functions and powers of the people's congresses are as follows: amending the Constitution; Supervise the implementation of the Constitution; Formulate and amend criminal, civil, state institutions and other basic laws. To elect the chairman, vice-chairmen, secretary-general and members of the NPC Standing Committee; Elect Chairman and Vice-Chairman People's Republic of China (PRC).

People's Congress (English: People's Congress) is the organ of state power in People's Republic of China (PRC). Including the National People's Congress; People's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; People's congresses of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts; People's congresses of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts and municipal districts; People's congresses of townships, nationality townships and towns. The National People's Congress is the highest organ of state power, and local people's congresses at various levels are local organs of state power.

Legal basis: Article 62 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC), the National People's Congress exercises the following functions and powers:

(1) Amending the Constitution;

(2) To supervise the implementation of the Constitution;

(3) Formulating and amending criminal, civil, state organs and other basic laws;

(4) Electing Chairman and Vice Chairman of People's Republic of China (PRC);

(five) according to the nomination of President People's Republic of China (PRC), decide the candidate for Premier the State Council; According to the nomination of Premier the State Council, decide the candidates for Vice Premier the State Council, State Councilor, ministers of ministries, directors of committees, auditor-general and secretary-general;

(6) Electing chairman of the Central Military Commission; According to chairman of the Central Military Commission's nomination, decide the candidates for other members of the Central Military Commission (CMC);

(7) Elections in director of the National Supervisory Commission;

(8) Electing President the Supreme People's Court;

(9) Electing the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate;

(ten) to review and approve the national economic and social development plan and the report on the implementation of the plan;

(eleven) to examine and approve the national budget and the report on the implementation of the budget;

(twelve) to change or cancel the inappropriate decisions of the NPC Standing Committee;

(thirteen) to approve the establishment of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government;

(fourteen) to decide on the establishment of the special administrative region and its system;

(15) To decide on issues of war and peace;

(sixteen) other functions and powers that should be exercised by the highest organ of state power.

Article 63 The National People's Congress has the power to recall the following persons:

(1) Chairman and Vice Chairman People's Republic of China (PRC).

(2) Premier the State Council, Vice-Premiers, State Councillors, Ministers of Ministries, Directors of Committees, Auditor-General and Secretary-General;

(3) Other members from chairman of the Central Military Commission and the Central Military Commission (CMC);

(4) director of the National Supervisory Commission;

(5) Dean the Supreme People's Court;

(6) Attorney General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Article 64 The amendment of the Constitution shall be proposed by NPC the NPC Standing Committee or more than one-fifth of the deputies to the National People's Congress, and adopted by the National People's Congress with a majority of more than two-thirds of all the deputies. Laws and other bills are passed by the National People's Congress with a majority vote of all deputies.