State CouncilContext · opens State Administration

The national assembly. Its Standing Committee is its permanent body. Organic Law Art. 2. Highest state organ of power. National People’s Congress — permanent body — NPC Standing Committee. Organic Law Art. 2. National People’s Congress — establishes — Special committees. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC Standing Committee — is responsible to — National People’s Congress. Organic Law Art. 22. NPC Standing Committee — reports its work to — National People’s Congress. Organic Law Arts. 22, 33. National People’s Congress — elects — Standing Committee Chairperson. Organic Law Art. 23. National People’s Congress — elects — Standing Committee Vice-Chairpersons. Organic Law Art. 23. National People’s Congress — elects — Standing Committee Secretary-General. Organic Law Art. 23.

The ten NPC special committees, grouped for navigation. This box is not an additional institution. NPC affiliation remains the same when leadership shifts to NPCSC between NPC sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC committees · browsing group. National People’s Congress — establishes — Special committees. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC Standing Committee — leads between NPC sessions — Special committees. Organic Law Art. 34: NPC special committees retain NPC affiliation. During NPC sessions, the NPC leads them.. Special committees — includes — Ethnic Affairs Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Constitution & Law Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Supervisory & Judicial Affairs Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Financial & Economic Affairs Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Education, Science, Culture & Public Health Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Foreign Affairs Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Environment & Resources Protection Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee. Art. 34. Special committees — includes — Social Development Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

Permanent body of the NPC. This body remains in existence during NPC sessions. Organic Law Art. 2; Organic Law Art. 22. Permanent body of the NPC. National People’s Congress — permanent body — NPC Standing Committee. Organic Law Art. 2. NPC Standing Committee — day-to-day body — Council of Chairpersons. Organic Law Art. 25. NPC Standing Committee — establishes — General Office. Organic Law Art. 27. NPC Standing Committee — establishes — Working bodies. Organic Law Art. 28. NPC Standing Committee — leads between NPC sessions — Special committees. Organic Law Art. 34: NPC special committees retain NPC affiliation. During NPC sessions, the NPC leads them.. NPC Standing Committee — is responsible to — National People’s Congress. Organic Law Art. 22. NPC Standing Committee — reports its work to — National People’s Congress. Organic Law Arts. 22, 33. Council of Chairpersons — handles important day-to-day work of — NPC Standing Committee. Organic Law Art. 25. Standing Committee Chairperson — presides over meetings and directs work of — NPC Standing Committee. Organic Law Art. 24. NPC Standing Committee — oversees work of — State Council. Constitution Art. 67(6). State Council — reports work to between NPC sessions — NPC Standing Committee. Constitution Art. 92. NPC Standing Committee — establishes — Credentials Committee. Organic Law Art. 26.

Handles important day-to-day work of the Standing Committee; it is not a substitute for the Standing Committee’s collective decisions. Organic Law Art. 25. Standing Committee · daily work. NPC Standing Committee — day-to-day body — Council of Chairpersons. Organic Law Art. 25. Council of Chairpersons — handles important day-to-day work of — NPC Standing Committee. Organic Law Art. 25.

Standing Committee General Office, directed by the Standing Committee Secretary-General. Organic Law Art. 27. Standing Committee · General Office. NPC Standing Committee — establishes — General Office. Organic Law Art. 27. Standing Committee Secretary-General — directs — General Office. Organic Law Art. 27.

Five entries in this group: Legislative Affairs, Budgetary Affairs and Deputies Affairs commissions, plus Hong Kong and Macao Basic Law committees. The General Office is displayed separately; this group is not a new institution. Organic Law Art. 28 and the 2023 establishment decision. NPCSC bodies · browsing group. NPC Standing Committee — establishes — Working bodies. Organic Law Art. 28. Working bodies — includes — Legislative Affairs Commission. Art. 28. Working bodies — includes — Budgetary Affairs Commission. Art. 28. Working bodies — includes — Deputies Affairs Commission. Established 28 June 2023. Working bodies — includes — Hong Kong Basic Law Committee. Art. 28. Working bodies — includes — Macao Basic Law Committee. Art. 28.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Ethnic Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Constitution & Law Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Supervisory & Judicial Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Financial & Economic Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Education, Science, Culture & Public Health Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Foreign Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Environment & Resources Protection Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

One of the ten NPC special committees. Institutional affiliation: NPC. Leadership: NPC during its sessions, NPC Standing Committee between sessions. Organic Law Art. 34. NPC special committee. Special committees — includes — Social Development Affairs Committee. Art. 34.

A working body of the Standing Committee, not an NPC special committee. Organic Law Art. 28. Standing Committee working body. Working bodies — includes — Legislative Affairs Commission. Art. 28.

A working body of the Standing Committee, not the NPC Financial and Economic Affairs Committee. Organic Law Art. 28. Standing Committee working body. Working bodies — includes — Budgetary Affairs Commission. Art. 28.

A Standing Committee working body. Established in June 2023, included for the 2024 snapshot. Standing Committee working body. Working bodies — includes — Deputies Affairs Commission. Established 28 June 2023.

A Standing Committee working body. Basic Law committee governed by the relevant Basic Law and NPC decisions. Organic Law Art. 28. Standing Committee working body. Working bodies — includes — Hong Kong Basic Law Committee. Art. 28.

A Standing Committee working body. Basic Law committee governed by the relevant Basic Law and NPC decisions. Organic Law Art. 28. Standing Committee working body. Working bodies — includes — Macao Basic Law Committee. Art. 28.

Examines credentials of NPC deputies. Established by the Standing Committee; distinct from the ten NPC special committees. Organic Law Arts. 9, 26. Established by Standing Committee. NPC Standing Committee — establishes — Credentials Committee. Organic Law Art. 26.

Presides over Standing Committee meetings and directs its work. A member of the Council of Chairpersons. Organic Law Arts. 23–25. Standing Committee · Council member. Standing Committee Chairperson — presides over meetings and directs work of — NPC Standing Committee. Organic Law Art. 24. Standing Committee Vice-Chairpersons — assists — Standing Committee Chairperson. Organic Law Art. 24. Standing Committee Secretary-General — assists — Standing Committee Chairperson. Organic Law Art. 24. National People’s Congress — elects — Standing Committee Chairperson. Organic Law Art. 23.

A multiple-holder office. Assists the Chairperson; forms part of the Council of Chairpersons. Organic Law Arts. 23–25. No holder count is inferred from the illustration. Standing Committee · Council member. Standing Committee Vice-Chairpersons — assists — Standing Committee Chairperson. Organic Law Art. 24. National People’s Congress — elects — Standing Committee Vice-Chairpersons. Organic Law Art. 23.

Assists the Chairperson, belongs to the Council of Chairpersons and directs the General Office. Distinct from the Secretary-General of an NPC session. Organic Law Arts. 23–27. Standing Committee · Council member. Standing Committee Secretary-General — assists — Standing Committee Chairperson. Organic Law Art. 24. Standing Committee Secretary-General — directs — General Office. Organic Law Art. 27. National People’s Congress — elects — Standing Committee Secretary-General. Organic Law Art. 23.

External context: highest state administrative organ. NPCSC oversees its work; it reports to the NPCSC between NPC sessions. Constitution Arts. 67(6), 85, 92. Opens the State Administration view. Context · opens State Administration. NPC Standing Committee — oversees work of — State Council. Constitution Art. 67(6). State Council — reports work to between NPC sessions — NPC Standing Committee. Constitution Art. 92.