TNAG-1237-FCO40-1550-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 184

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FE/7209/C1/6

15 Dec 82

ARTICLE 35: The standing committee of the national committee of the CPPCC shall exercise the following functions and powers:

(1) Convening and conducting plenary sessions of the national committee of the CPPCC; the first plenary session of each national committee shall elect a presidium to conduct the session;

(2) Organizing efforts to fulfil the tasks laid down by the constitution of the CPPCC; (3) Implementing the decisions of plenary sessions of the national committee;

(4) Examining and approving, when the plenary session of the national committee is not in session, important proposals to be sent to the national people's congress and its stand- ing committee or the state council;

(5) Appointing and removing deputy secretaries-general of the national committee upon the recommendation of the secretary-general; and

(6) Deciding on the setting up and changing of working organizations for the national committee of the CPPCC and appointing and removing their leading members.

ARTICLE 36: The chairman of the national committee of the CPPCC shall preside over the work of the standing committee. The vice-chairmen and the secretary- general shall assist the chairman in his work.

The chairman, vice-chairmen and the secretary general shall be the participants in the chairmanship conference to attend to the important routine work of the standing committee.

ARTICLE 37: The national committee of the CPPCC shall have a number of deputy secretaries-general to assist the secretary-general in his work. It shall set up a general office to work under the leadership of the secretary-general.

ARTICLE 38: The national committee of the CPPCC may set up a number of working organizations when necessary; this should be decided by the standing committee.

Chapter IV: The Local Committees

ARTICLE 39: Provincial committees, autonomous regional committees and municipal committees of the CPPCC shall be established in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the general government; autonomous prefect- ures, cities divided into districts, counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts, and municipal districts, where conditions are available, may establish their own local committees.

ARTICLE 40: The participating units, the number and the choice of members of each local committee of the CPPCC shall be decided on through consultation by the standing committee of the previous local committee.

When a local committee deems it necessary to increase or change the participating units or the number and the choice of members during its term of office, its standing committee should make the decisions through consultation.

ARTICLE 41: The local CPPCC committees of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, autonomous prefectures and cities divided into districts shall be elected for a term of five years. The local committees of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts and municipal districts shall be elected for a term of three years.

ARTICLE 42: A local CPPCC committee at any level shall have a chairman, a number of vice-chairmen and a secretary-general. Local committees of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts and municipal districts may decide not to have a secretary-general, if conditions so indicate.

ARTICLE 43: A plenary session of a local CPPCC committee shall be convened at least once a year.