Special Committee of the National People's Congress
A special committee (
Article 37 of the Organic Law indicates that the functions of special committees are to include deliberating on bills and proposals received from the Presidium and Standing Committee, submitting bills and proposals to the same, examine and report on items considered to contravene the Constitution and laws, examine questions referred by the Presidium and Standing Committee, and investigate and propose solutions to issues. The Ethnic Affairs Committee can additionally make proposals to strengthen ethnic unity and review legislation related to the Autonomous regions of China. The Law Committee deliberates on all draft laws submitted to the NPC.[1]
Shi Hexing, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Governance, has written that special committees have strengthened the NPC and the people's congress system as a whole.
Current special committees
References
- ^ a b "Organic Law of the National People's Congress of the PRC" (in Chinese). China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ISBN 9780815725367. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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