Provisions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the Direct Election of Deputies to People's Congresses at or Below the County Level

Provisions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the Direct Election of Deputies to People's Congresses at or Below the County Level

(Adopted at the 26th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress on March 5, 1983)

To facilitate the implementation of the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China, the following provisions are made with respect to certain questions concerning the direct election of deputies to local people's congresses at or below the county level:
　
I. An election committee shall be established in every county, autonomous county, city not divided into districts, municipal district, township, nationality township and town. Members of the election committee in a county, an autonomous county, a city not divided into districts or a municipal district shall be appointed by the standing committee of the people's congress at the corresponding level. Members of the election committee in a township, a nationality township or a town shall be appointed by the standing committee of the people's congress of a county, an autonomous county, a city not divided into districts or a municipal district.
An election committee establishes an office to handle specific matters related to the election.
　
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