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Summary of the Briefing

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2.

of law.

The Commission

was established in 1979 by the NPC

after a decision in 1978 to develop denocracy and the rule

The role and function of the Commission are as

stated in Annex I.

3.

Mistakes had been made since the. establishment of the

PRC, e.g. Cultural Revolution, which highlighted the need

for

the establishment of the rule of law in the PRC so that

might change, legal systems would continue

and the spirit of democracy would be enshrined in law.

while

leaders

Reforms on Democratic Election System

4. A substantial portion of the briefing was devoted to

how the NPC and local People's Congress were constituted.

There were four levels of people's congresses: the

national, provincial

), county () and township

1郷

(27) levels.

(省

It was stressed that delegates, whether to

the national or local congresses, were democratically

elected. It was also emphasized that power rested with the

the

State Council, other executive

NPC and that

departments, and the

authority from the NPC.

procuratorate all derive

their