Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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| Chairman of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China |
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| Appointer | the National People's Congress |
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| Inaugural holder | Liu Shaoqi |
| Formation | September 15, 1954 |
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC; simplified Chinese: 全国人民代表大会常务委员会; traditional Chinese: 全國人民代表大會常務委員會; pinyin: Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Chángwù Wěiyuánhuì) is a committee of about 150 members of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is convened between plenary sessions of the NPC. It has the constitutional authority to modify legislation within limits set by the NPC, and thus acts as a de facto legislative body. It is led by a Chairman, China's top legislator, who is conventionally ranked third in China's political ranking system, after the General Secretary and President, which is usually one person. The current Chairman is Wu Bangguo.
The NPCSC also has the power to interpret laws and constitutional of the PRC. In contrast to other countries in which stare decesis gives the power of both final interpretation and adjudication to a supreme court, within the People's Republic of China constitutional and legal interpretation is considered to be a legislative activity rather than a judicial one, and the functions are split so that the NPCSC provides legal interpretations and the Supreme People's Court and the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region actually decide cases. Because an interpretation of the NPCSC is legislative in nature and not judicial, as it does not affect cases which have already been decided.
A notable use of the latter power occurred in 1999 during the dispute of the Right of Abode issue in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In the case, the NPCSC interpreted the Basic Law of Hong Kong in accordance with the position taken by the Hong Kong government with respect to the eligibility of permanent residency in Hong Kong.
[edit] Leading members
- Chairman :
- Vice Chairpersons:
- Wang Zhaoguo
- Lu Yongxiang
- Uyunqimg
- Han Qide
- Hua Jianmin
- Chen Zhili
- Zhou Tienong
- Li Jianguo
- Ismail Tiliwaldi
- Jiang Shusheng
- Chen Changzhi
- Yan Junqi
- Sang Guowei
[edit] Chairmen of the Standing Committee
| # | Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | Took office | Left office | Term | ||
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| 01 | Liu Shaoqi | 劉少奇 / 刘少奇 |  |
September 15, 1954 | April 28, 1959 | 01 |
| 02 | Zhu De | 朱德 |  |
April 28, 1959 | January 4, 1965 | 02 |
| January 4, 1965 | January 17, 1975 | 03 | ||||
| January 17, 1975 | July 6, 1976 | 04 | ||||
| — | (Vacant) | July 6, 1976 | April 28, 1959 | |||
| 03 | Ye Jianying | 葉劍英 / 叶剑英 |  |
March 5, 1978 | June 18, 1983 | 05 |
| 04 | Peng Zhen | 彭真 |  |
June 18, 1983 | April 13, 1988 | 06 |
| 05 | Wan Li | 萬里 / 万里 |  |
April 13, 1988 | March 27, 1993 | 07 |
| 06 | Qiao Shi | 乔石 |  |
March 27, 1993 | March 15, 1998 | 08 |
| 07 | Li Peng | 李鵬 / 李鹏 |  |
March 15, 1998 | March 15, 2003 | 09 |
| 08 | Wu Bangguo | 吳邦國 / 吴邦国 |  |
March 15, 2003 | March 15, 2008 | 10 |
| March 15, 2008 | Incumbent | 11 | ||||
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