The Presidium of the National People's Congress is the presiding body of the

National People's Congress The National People's Congress (NPC) is the highest organ of state power of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The NPC is the only branch of government in China, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs from the Sta ...

when it is in session.

Composition

It is composed of 178 senior officials of the

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(CCP), the state, non-Communist parties and All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, those without party affiliation, heads of central government agencies and people's organizations, leading members of all the 35 delegations to the National People's Congress (NPC) session including those from

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, and the

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. The presidium is elected during a meeting preceding the sitting of a new session of the NPC, which is presided over by the outgoing Standing Committee of the NPC. In practice, the

Standing Committee of the National People's Congress The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. It exercises the powers of the NPC when it is not in s ...

drafts a list of candidates, then presides over a preparatory meeting of the NPC that revises and approves the list. After the Presidium has been elected, it presides over the rest of the NPC session. Officers of the presidium include a number of standing chairmen elected at the first meeting of the presidium. Its functions are defined in the ''Organic Law of the NPC'', but not how it is composed.

Functions and powers

The presidium schedules sessions of the NPC, and decides the procedure of voting on bills and proposals. It also nominates for election by the NPC the: At pp. 68–69. * President and

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of China *

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, Vice Chairperson, and

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of the Standing Committee of the NPC *

of the Central Military Commission *

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* Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate

References

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