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National People’s CongressContext · NPC and State Power ↗External context · NPC and State Power. Elects the SPC President and supervises the SPC’s work. The SPC is responsible to and reports to the NPC and its Standing Committee; the Standing Committee is not separately drawn here. National People’s Congress: elects President. Election of the SPC President, not appointment of all judges. Organic Law Article 42. National People’s Congress: supervises work of Supreme People's Court. Organic Law Article 9; not administrative command over adjudication of individual cases. Supreme People's Court: is responsible to National People’s Congress. Organic Law Article 9 also names the NPC Standing Committee; that distinct body is not drawn here. Supreme People's Court: reports work to National People’s Congress. Organic Law Article 9 also names the NPC Standing Committee. Reporting and responsibility are separate predicates.

Supreme People's CourtFocal group · Central organizationThe highest judicial organ. This view shows its central organization; lower courts are outside this view. National People’s Congress: supervises work of Supreme People's Court. Organic Law Article 9; not administrative command over adjudication of individual cases. Supreme People's Court: is responsible to National People’s Congress. Organic Law Article 9 also names the NPC Standing Committee; that distinct body is not drawn here. Supreme People's Court: reports work to National People’s Congress. Organic Law Article 9 also names the NPC Standing Committee. Reporting and responsibility are separate predicates. Supreme People's Court: has office of president President. Position in the court; appointment is by NPC election, not by the court itself. Supreme People's Court: has statutory judicial body Adjudication Committee. President, deputy presidents and senior judges; resolves specified adjudication questions. Meetings are chaired by the President or an entrusted deputy president. This is not a management bureau. Supreme People's Court: has statutory judicial body Compensation Committee. Statutory judicial body for state-compensation cases, distinct from its listed office.