The Improvement And Perfection Of Local People's Congress Supervision System

Supervision of the National People's congress (NPC) plays a significant role in China's supervision system. NPC's power of supervision is the fundamental guarantee that the people are masters of the country and hold state power. Since 1980s, explorations have been made by Local People's Congresses at various levels and their Standing Committees as to how to effectively implement supervision, greatly promoting the development of the supervision system of Local People's Congresses. However, currently, there are still many problems when Local People's Congresses and their Standing Committees exercise their power of supervision. People are dissatisfied with the effects. With supervision system of Local People's Congresses as the subject, this paper sorts out the historical evolution, basic elements, and principles of supervision system of People's Congress. The focus is on the analysis of barriers in political system and political culture met in the practice of Local People's Congresses as well as drawbacks in the supervision system itself. Based on the analysis, the paper proposes three recommendations to address the problems: identify the relationship between the leadership of CPC and the supervision of Local People's Congresses, establish a political culture conducive to supervision of People's Congress, and adopt the full-time service of NPC deputies in the hope of deepening research on supervision system of Local People's Congresses, strengthening the effectiveness of their supervision work, and accelerating China's socialist construction of democracy and politics.