Explanation on the draft decision of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress on the number of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress and election —— At the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress on March 5, 2002 Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Dear delegates Entrusted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, I made an explanation on the "decision of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress on the number of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress and election (Draft)". According to the provisions of the Constitution and relevant laws, the term of office of the 13th National People's congress expires in March 2023, and the deputies to the 14th National People's Congress shall be elected in January 2023. The fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress needs to make arrangements for the number of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress and the election. Deputies to the National People's Congress are members of the highest organ of state power. They represent the interests and will of the people and exercise state power according to law. They have a glorious mission and heavy responsibility. Doing a good job in the election of deputies to the National People's Congress is a major event in the political life of the party and the country. It is important for consolidating the party's long-term ruling foundation, strengthening the construction of state power, developing people's democracy in the whole process, adhering to and improving the people's Congress system, modernizing the national governance system and governance capacity, and uniting the wisdom and strength of all parties to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way, It is of great significance. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the election law and on the basis of widely soliciting the opinions of all relevant parties, the chairman's meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress formulated the decision of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress on the number of deputies to the 14th National people's Congress and the election (Draft), It was submitted to the 32nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress for deliberation in December 2021, and the meeting decided to submit it to this meeting for deliberation. The main issues of the draft decision are explained as follows: 1、 On the number of deputies to be elected from all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government Article 16 of the election law stipulates: "the number of deputies to the National People's Congress shall not exceed 3000." Article 17 of the election law stipulates: "the number of deputies to the National People's Congress shall be allocated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress according to the population of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, in accordance with the principle that each deputy represents the same number of urban and rural people, and in accordance with the requirements of ensuring that there are appropriate numbers of representatives from all regions, nationalities and all aspects." "The number of deputies to the National People's Congress to be elected by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government shall consist of the number of deputies to the National People's Congress calculated and determined on the basis of the population, the number of basic seats in the same region and the number of other deputies to be elected." To implement the provisions of the election law and take into account the actual increase in China's population in recent years, the allocation of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress to be elected by all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government needs to be adjusted appropriately on the premise of overall planning, balance and relative stability, so as to better reflect the equality of everyone, regions and nationalities and ensure that all regions All ethnic groups and all sectors are represented in an appropriate number. To this end, The draft decision stipulates: "(1) among the number of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress, the number of deputies allocated according to the population is 2000, and the number of deputies calculated according to the population of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government is about 1 for every 700000; (2) the number of basic seats allocated to the same regions of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government is 8; (3) The number of other deputies to the 14th National People's Congress to be elected by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government shall be separately allocated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in accordance with the provisions of law. " The specific distribution plan shall be decided by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. 2、 On the number of deputies to be elected from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Province, the Chinese people's Liberation Army and the Chinese people's armed police force, as well as ethnic minorities and returned overseas Chinese The number of deputies to be elected from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province is the same as that of the 13th session. To this end, the draft decision stipulates: "the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall elect 36 deputies to the 14th National People's Congress and the Macao Special Administrative Region shall elect 12 deputies to the 14th National People's Congress. The method for the selection of deputies shall be separately prescribed by the National People's Congress." "The province of Taiwan temporarily elects 13 deputies to the 14th National People's Congress from among compatriots of Taiwan origin in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, as well as the Chinese people's Liberation Army and the Chinese people's armed police force. The method for the election of deputies shall be prescribed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The remaining number of deputies to be elected according to law shall be retained." On the number of deputies to be elected from the Chinese people's Liberation Army and the Chinese people's armed police force. In accordance with the provisions of the revised electoral measures of the people's Liberation Army and to meet the needs of the reform of the leadership and command system of the armed police force, the armed police force is listed as an electoral unit of the army and will no longer participate in local elections. The PLA delegation has been renamed "PLA and armed police delegation", and it is necessary to appropriately increase its number of Representatives. To this end, the draft decision stipulates: "the Chinese people's Liberation Army and the Chinese people's Armed Police Force shall elect 278 deputies to the 14th National People's Congress." In order to ensure that all ethnic minorities have an appropriate number of deputies, since the Fifth National People's Congress, the proportion of deputies from ethnic minorities in the total number of deputies has been clearly stipulated in each decision on the number of deputies and elections. To this end, the draft decision stipulates that "among the deputies to the 14th National People's Congress, the number of representatives of ethnic minorities should account for about 12% of the total number of deputies. Ethnic groups with a very small population should have at least one representative", which is the same as that of the 13th National People's Congress. The specific number of quotas to be allocated to ethnic minorities shall be separately stipulated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in accordance with this decision. In addition to the above-mentioned number of deputies allocated to ethnic minorities, ethnic minorities may also be nominated and elected as deputies to the National People's Congress in the elections of electoral units. Since the Fifth National People's Congress, in each decision on the number of deputies and elections, it has been clear that the number of Returned Overseas Chinese representatives is 35. To this end, the draft decision stipulates: "among the deputies to the 14th National People's Congress, 35 returned overseas Chinese deputies shall be elected." 3、 On the structure of representative Deputies to the National People's Congress have broad representativeness, which is not only the essential requirement of the people's Congress system, but also an important embodiment of socialist democracy. Article 7 of the election law stipulates that deputies to the National People's Congress should be broadly representative and should have an appropriate number of grass-roots representatives, especially workers, farmers and intellectuals. In accordance with the spirit of this provision, in order to further optimize the representative structure and ensure the universality of deputies to the National People's Congress, The draft decision stipulates: "among the deputies to the 14th National People's Congress, the proportion of grass-roots representatives, especially those of front-line workers, farmers and professional and technical personnel, will increase compared with the previous session, the number of representatives of migrant workers will increase compared with the previous session, and the proportion of Representatives of Party and government leading cadres should continue to be strictly controlled. A certain proportion of deputies should be re elected." Article 7 of the election law stipulates that there should be an appropriate number of women deputies to the National People's Congress and gradually increase the proportion of women deputies. To this end, the draft decision stipulates: "in principle, the proportion of women deputies to the 14th National People's Congress shall be higher than that of the previous session." 4、 On the election time of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress The draft decision stipulates: "deputies to the 14th National People's Congress will be elected in January 2023." The election of deputies to the National People's Congress is an important national political activity and a major event in the construction of socialist democratic politics in China. Since the eighteen Party Congress, the Central Committee of the CPC, with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, has been promoting the innovation of the theory and practice of the people's Congress system from the strategic point of persisting and improving the party's leadership and consolidating China's socialist system with a view to forming the important idea of general secretary Xi Jinping's insistence on and improvement of the system of the people's Congress. It has pointed out the direction and provided guidance for the election of deputies to the National People's Congress. The working session of the Central People's Congress held in October 2021 made arrangements for adhering to and improving the people's Congress system, strengthening and improving the work of the people's Congress in the new era, and put forward requirements for doing a good job in the election of deputies. All electoral units should deeply understand the great significance of the election of deputies to the National People's Congress, adhere to the party's leadership, give full play to democracy, act in strict accordance with the law, deeply learn from the lessons of vote solicitation and bribery cases in Hengyang, Hunan, Nanchong, Sichuan and Liaoning, strictly enforce the discipline of election change, and "pass the entrance" of good people to ensure a clean and positive atmosphere in the election work. We should carefully organize and make careful arrangements to support the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, enhance the "four senses", strengthen the "four self-confidence", achieve the "two safeguards", stand firm in our political position, fulfill our political responsibilities, model compliance with the Constitution and laws, safeguard national unity and national unity, and consciously abide by social ethics, integrity, self-discipline, fairness and decency, Candidates who are diligent and conscientious, have strong ability to perform their duties and a good social image, have close ties with the people and are widely recognized by the people shall be elected as deputies to the National People's Congress. After being deliberated and adopted by the NPC Standing Committee, the specific allocation of the number of deputies shall be decided by the NPC Standing Committee. Please review the draft decision of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress on the number of deputies to the 14th National People's Congress and the above explanations. (Xinhua news agency, Beijing, March 11) (outlook new era)