Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会 常务委员会 | |
|---|---|
| Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, Shohrat Zakir, CCP Zheng Jianbang, RCCK Ding Zhongli, CDL Hao Mingjin, CDNCA Cai Dafeng, CAPD He Wei, CPWDP Wu Weihua, JS since 10 March 2023 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 175 |
Political groups | Ruling party
Democratic Parties and Independents |
| Elections | |
| Indirect modified block combined approval voting | |
Last election | March 2023 |
Next election | March 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
| Great Hall of the People, Xicheng District, Beijing, China | |
| Website | |
| en | |
| Rules | |
| Rules of Procedure for the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (in English) | |
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) is the permanent organ of the National People's Congress (NPC), the supreme organ of state power of the People's Republic of China. It exercises the powers of the NPC when it is not in session, which generally meets once a year.
The NPC and its Standing Committee were established in 1954, following the adaptation of the 1954 Constitution of China. The NPCSC is composed of a chairman, vice chairpersons, a secretary-general, and regular members, all of whom are nominated by the NPC Presidium and elected by NPC deputies during NPC sessions. The day-to-day operations of the Standing Committee are handled by the Council of Chairpersons, which is composed of the chairman, vice chairpersons, and the secretary-general. The NPCSC additionally has a number of administrative bodies to provide support for its day-to-day operations.
The powers of the NPCSC include drafting and revising laws except those to be enacted only by the full congress of the NPC, and partially supplementing and amending, when the NPC is not in session, laws enacted by the NPC, provided that the basic principles of these laws are not contravened. The NPCSC also has the power of judicial interpretation of the constitution and law, the power to supervise the enforcement of the state constitution, as well as the power to decide upon major state issues. Although the parent NPC officially has superiority over the Standing Committee, and certain authorities are not delegated, the Standing Committee is generally viewed to have more de facto power, as the NPC convenes only once a year for two weeks, leaving its Standing Committee the only organ that regularly drafts and approves decisions and laws.