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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, MODUK, ACTOR
INFO PRIORITY DTI INTRA, WASHINGTON, TOKYO, CANBERRA
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, SEOUL INFO PRIORITY EC POSTS
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CHINA: NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC): OVERVIEW
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1. CHINA'S PARLIAMENT RESHUFFLES PERSONNEL AND CONFIRMS POLICY DECISIONS OF LAST YEAR'S COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS. DENG XIAOPING DID NOT SHOW HIS FACE, BUT HIS INFLUENCE APPARENT IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND THE FOCUS ON ECONOMIC REFORM. HONG KONG FEATURES PROMINENTLY. NPC ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF HOW LITTLE CHINA HAS CHANGED POLITICALLY DESPITE ALL THE ECONOMIC CHANGES.
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CHINA'S PARLIAMENT, THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC), OPERATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FIVE YEAR CYCLE, TIMED TO FIT IN. WITH, BUT FOLLOW THE SIMILAR COMMUNIST PARTY CYCLE.
''ELECTIONS'' TOOK PLACE DURING THE WINTER, AND PROVINCIAL-LEVEL CONGRESSES DULY PRODUCED NEARLY 3,000 DELEGATES, MANY OF THEM FIRST-TIMERS. THEY CAME TOGETHER IN THE 8TH NPC WHICH MET IN PEKING FROM 15-31 MARCH FOR THE FIRST OF ITS FIVE ANNUAL SESSIONS.
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3. THE CONGRESS ''ELECTED'' A NEW GOVERNMENT FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM. IT HEARD AND REVIEWED REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, ON THE 1992 ECONOMIC PLAN AND STATE FINANCES, THE 1993 PLAN AND BUDGET, AND THE WORK OF THE TOP JUDICIAL ORGANS. IT APPROVED A RADICAL STREAMLINING OF THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE (ALTHOUGH ONE IN FIVE DELEGATES EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS) AND AMENDED THE CONSTITUTION TO LEGITIMIZE DENG XIAOPING'S MARKET REFORMS. SEVERAL LAWS WERE PASSED, INCLUDING THE
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