Deputies to the National People's Congress shall represent the interests and will of the people, exercise their functions and powers according to law, actively perform their duties and give full play to their representative role. Deputies to the National People's Congress must support China's leadership, strive to practice Theory of Three Represents, establish and implement Scientific Outlook on Development, abide by the Constitution and laws in an exemplary manner, and assist in the implementation of the Constitution and laws in their own production, work and social activities.

Deputies to the National People's Congress shall attend the meetings of the People's Congress on time, consciously abide by the discipline of the Congress, earnestly exercise their functions and powers according to law during the Congress, consider various work reports, express their opinions, actively put forward suggestions, criticisms and opinions, and strive to do a good job in the work of the Congress.

Deputies to the National People's Congress shall actively participate in meetings, inspections, law enforcement inspections, investigations, reviews and other activities organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress during the intersessional period; Participate in the activities organized by the representative group, put forward proposals, suggestions, criticisms and opinions, and assist the people's government in its work.

Deputies to the National People's Congress shall participate in job study and legal lectures organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and representative groups, and strive to improve their own quality. Deputies to the National People's Congress should keep close contact with the people, often visit and contact voters, listen to and reflect their opinions and demands, and strive to serve the people.

Deputies to the National People's Congress shall keep close contact with the original electoral unit, actively participate in various representative activities organized by the original electoral unit, often return to the original electoral unit to listen to their opinions, report on the performance of their duties, and consciously accept supervision. Deputies to the National People's Congress should strive to do their jobs well, achieve excellent results, and play an exemplary and leading role in economic and social development.

Method for selecting deputies to the National People's Congress

Elected indirectly. Deputies to the National People's Congress are indirectly elected by the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. However, China's deputies to the National People's Liberation Army are elected by soldiers, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions' deputies to the National People's Congress are elected by China citizens among Hong Kong and Macao residents according to law, and Taiwan Province's deputies to the National People's Congress are elected by compatriots in Taiwan Province Province on the mainland of the motherland through consultations and election meetings.

Deputies to the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at various levels should be broadly representative, and there should be an appropriate number of grassroots representatives, especially workers, peasants and intellectuals; There should be an appropriate number of women representatives, and the proportion of women representatives should be gradually increased.

The National People's Congress and local people's congresses in areas with a large number of returned overseas Chinese shall have an appropriate number of returned overseas Chinese representatives. People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens who live abroad in China during the election of deputies to the people's congresses below the county level may participate in the election in their places of origin or in their places of residence before going abroad.

Reference to the above contents: Ningyang People's Congress-Basic duties of NPC deputies

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