Legal analysis: Chengdu municipal government is composed of general office of municipal government, Municipal Development and Reform Commission (Municipal Price Bureau), Municipal Economic and Information Committee, Municipal Education Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (Municipal Intellectual Property Office), Municipal Religious Affairs Bureau, Municipal Public Security Bureau, Municipal Supervision Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Municipal Judicial Bureau, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal People's Social Security Bureau (Municipal Civil Service Bureau), Municipal Land and Resources Bureau, Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Municipal Construction Committee, Municipal Planning Bureau, Municipal Housing Management Bureau and Municipal Urban Management Bureau. Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Investment Promotion Committee, Municipal Cultural Bureau (Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage), Municipal Health Bureau (Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Municipal Population and Family Planning Commission, Municipal Audit Bureau, Municipal Foreign Affairs Office, Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau, Municipal US Food and Drug Administration, Municipal Bureau of Broadcasting and Information Technology (Municipal Copyright Bureau), Municipal Sports Bureau, Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, Municipal Statistics Bureau, Municipal Tourism Bureau, Municipal Legislative Affairs Office, Municipal Financial Office, and Municipal Administration Bureau. Municipal Local Taxation Bureau Institutions directly under the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government: Party History Research Office of the Municipal Party Committee, Party School of the Municipal Party Committee (Municipal Administration College), Chengdu Media Group, Municipal Earthquake Disaster Reduction Bureau, Municipal Archives Bureau (Municipal Archives Bureau), Municipal Local Records Office, Municipal Office for Ageing, Chengdu University, Municipal Trunk Highway Headquarters, Municipal Unified Construction Office, Municipal Immigration Office, Municipal North Station Office, Municipal Investment Promotion Center, Municipal Housing Provident Fund Management Center, Chengdu Vocational and Technical College, and Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.

Legal basis: Organic Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Local People's Congresses and Local People's Governments.

Article 1 People's congresses and people's governments shall be established in provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties, cities, municipal districts, townships, nationality townships and towns.

Article 2 Local people's congresses at or above the county level shall establish standing committees.

Article 3 The organs of self-government of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties shall not only exercise their functions and powers as prescribed in this Law, but also exercise their right of self-government within the limits of authority as prescribed by the Constitution, the Law on Regional National Autonomy and other laws.

Chapter II Local People's Congresses at Various Levels

Article 4 Local people's congresses at various levels are local organs of state power.

Article 5 Deputies to the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous prefectures and cities divided into districts shall be elected by the people's congresses at the next lower level; Deputies to the people's congresses of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts, municipal districts, townships, nationality townships and towns are directly elected by voters. The number of deputies to local people's congresses at various levels and the method for the selection of deputies shall be prescribed by the electoral law. Ethnic minorities in each administrative region shall have appropriate representation.

Article 6 The term of office of local people's congresses at various levels is five years.