Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11.
Speech at the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress
(March 11, 2022)
Li Zhanshu
Representatives:
The Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress has successfully completed various agendas.
The meeting reviewed and approved the government work report and other reports, reviewed and approved the decision on amending the organic laws of local people's congresses and local people's governments at all levels, the decision on the number of deputies and elections for the 14th National People's Congress, Two methods for electing deputies to the 14th National People's Congress in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region.
The results of the meeting showed the new major achievements of the party and the country in the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, and further inspired the people of all ethnic groups in the country to take Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, he is determined to move forward in high spirits and in unison.
Delegates!
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and in the context of the era when the cause of the party and the country is making great strides, the work of the NPC and its Standing Committee has also achieved new achievements since the current session of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee took office. score.
This fundamentally benefits from:
- Fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on upholding and improving the system of people's congresses.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly summarized the theory and practice of the people's congress system over the past 60 years, especially the more than 40 years of reform and opening up, and put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas and new requirements. People's Congress System Theory.
On the new journey of struggle, we must thoroughly study and conscientiously implement this new political system theory, unswervingly follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics, and firmly hold the future and destiny of the country and the nation in the hands of the people through the people's congress system.
- Adhere to the core principle of the Constitution, which is the overall leadership of the Party.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and this is the core principle of the Constitution.
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is a national guiding ideology established by the Constitution and must be upheld for a long time.
It is an important leadership system of the party to maintain the core of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Party Central Committee and the core position of the whole Party, and to maintain the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.
The NPC and its Standing Committee supervise the implementation of the Constitution, and the most fundamental thing is to ensure that the Party's guiding ideology and the Party's leadership remain unshakable, and that the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, the people as masters of the country, and the rule of law are fully realized.
——Insist that all power in the state belongs to the people.
It is the essence and core of socialist democracy that the people are the masters of the country, and it is the unswerving goal of our party.
All state power belongs to the people, which is reflected in the organizational form of state power, that is, the people exercise state power through people's congresses at all levels.
We must always adhere to the people as the center, adhere to the main body of the people, give full play to the role of the people's congress system as an important institutional carrier for realizing people's democracy in the whole process, ensure that the people are the masters of the country and implement the country's political and social life, and ensure that the people follow the The law stipulates, through various channels and forms, the management of state affairs, the management of economic and cultural undertakings, and the management of social affairs.
——Accurately exercise power and perform duties in accordance with the law.
The people's congress system is an important institutional carrier for the party to lead the state power organs.
The important principle of the people's congress system and the basic requirement of the system design is that the power of any state organ and its staff must be supervised and restricted.
State administrative organs, supervisory organs, judicial organs, and procuratorial organs are all created by the People's Congress, responsible to it, and subject to its supervision.
The National People's Congress exercises legislative power, supervisory power, decision-making power on major matters, election, appointment and removal power, which not only supports "one government, one committee and two courts" to advance various undertakings efficiently, but also ensures that administrative power, supervisory power, judicial power and procuratorial power are properly exercised in accordance with the law .
——Efforts will be made to modernize the national governance system and governance capacity.
The people's congress system is my country's fundamental political system, an important part of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and an important part of the national governance system.
The Chinese people have come to realize more and more clearly from the rapid development and changes of the country that the people's congress system has unparalleled superiority and strong vitality.
It is necessary to effectively enhance self-confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture, give full play to the characteristics and advantages of the people's congress system, and promote the improvement and finalization of the people's congress system and operating mechanism, so as to effectively ensure that the country moves forward along the socialist road.
Delegates!
Since the current National People's Congress and its Standing Committee have assumed their duties, all deputies have shouldered the heavy trust of the party and the people, actively participated in the deliberation of the meeting, voted responsibly, and decided on major issues. Proposals and suggestions with weight; give full play to their respective advantages, participate in the formulation and revision of important laws from different angles; conduct in-depth actual investigations and inspections, fully gather and reflect public opinion; participate in law enforcement inspections, participate in the work of the Standing Committee and special committees, and fully demonstrate loyalty. The party's high political consciousness of sharing its worries and faithfully performing its duties for the people and the good spirit of "the people elect me to be the representative and the representative to be the people" have made important contributions to the development of the party and the country.
Now, there is still one year left for the current National People's Congress to perform its duties. We must, as always, keep the beginning and finish well, maintain the mental state of never relaxing and never slack off, conscientiously perform the representative duties, and make new and greater achievements in our respective positions.
Delegates!
This year is a very important year for the development of the Party and the country.
It is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the work conference of the Central People's Congress, deeply understand the new mission and new tasks of the people's congress system in the national system and the national governance system, adhere to the party's overall leadership, fully implement the Constitution, accelerate the improvement of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, and Supervise the work of "one government, one committee and two houses", develop people's democracy in the whole process, ensure that the people are the masters of the country, and comprehensively improve the quality and level of the work of the National People's Congress.
Let us unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", use power for the people, perform duties for the people, and serve the people. Serve the people, make contributions to the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and welcome the victory of the 20th Party Congress with practical actions!