(Two Sessions Express) The draft amendment to the local organic law is submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation
China News Agency, Beijing, March 5 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) The draft amendments to the Organic Law of the local people's congresses and local people's governments at all levels were submitted to the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress for deliberation on the 5th.
The Local Organic Law is the basic law of China on the organization and work system of local people's congresses and local governments, the legislative implementation of the provisions of the Constitution on the construction of local political power, and an important institutional guarantee for local organs of state power and administrative organs at all levels to exercise their powers and perform their duties. .
There are 48 draft amendments to the Local Organic Law submitted to the National People's Congress for deliberation this time. The main amendments include:
The first is to enrich the content of the chapter "General Provisions", clarifying that local people's congresses and local governments adhere to the party's leadership, adhere to the principle of people's democracy in the whole process, and adhere to democratic centralism, and clarify the responsibilities of local people's congresses and local governments in the unification of the country's rule of law.
The second is to improve the organization, functions and powers of local people's congresses at all levels and their standing committees.
Appropriately increase the number of members of the standing committees of the people's congresses at the provincial and municipal levels; improve the establishment of the special committees of the local people's congresses and the working bodies of the standing committees, and enrich and refine the responsibilities of the chairmen's meetings and special committees of the standing committees; improve the local people's congresses and their standing committees improve the deliberation system of local people's congresses and their standing committees; revise the relevant content of the election of senior leaders of local state institutions; strengthen and improve the work of deputies.
The third is to improve the organization, functions and powers of local people's governments at all levels.
A special section is set to clarify the principles and requirements of local government construction; improve the relevant regulations on the authority and work of local governments; clarify the procedures and requirements for local governments to formulate normative documents; , establish necessary working departments, and the establishment, increase, decrease or merger of local government working departments shall be submitted for approval in accordance with the prescribed procedures, and reported to the standing committee of the people's congress at the same level for the record; the responsibilities of the sub-district offices shall be increased, and the township people's governments and the sub-districts shall be clearly defined. The department may establish a system for residents to attend relevant meetings as non-voting delegates according to the actual situation.
The fourth is to add relevant content to meet the needs of the reform of the supervision system.
Clarify that the standing committees of local people's congresses at or above the county level supervise the work of supervisory committees at the corresponding levels; clarify the procedures for the nomination, election, appointment, dismissal, and resignation of members of local supervisory committees at all levels; It is clear that members of the standing committees of local people's congresses at or above the county level shall not serve as supervisory organs.
Fifth, clarify the regional development cooperation mechanism.
Additional provisions: People's congresses at the provincial and districted cities and their standing committees may carry out coordinated legislation according to the needs of regional coordinated development; local people's governments at or above the county level may jointly establish a regional coordinated development working mechanism across administrative divisions to strengthen Regional cooperation.
The sixth is to enrich and consolidate the awareness of the Chinese nation as a community and improve relevant regulations.
Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said in an explanation to the conference that the revision of local organic laws is an inevitable requirement for upholding the party's overall leadership in the new era and ensuring that the party leads the people to effectively govern the country in accordance with the law; It is a major measure to ensure that the people are the masters of the country; it is the institutional guarantee for thoroughly implementing the strategic deployment of the CPC Central Committee to comprehensively govern the country according to law, and promoting the comprehensive rule of law; it is to adhere to and improve the system of people's congresses, deepen the reform of party and state institutions, and promote the national governance system and The practical needs of modernization of governance capacity.
The National People's Congress will start the revision of the Local Organization Law in early 2021.
In October and December 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress reviewed the draft amendments to the local organic law twice, and decided to submit it to this National People's Congress for deliberation.
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