Commission formed to handle NPC deputies' affairs

A new commission has been established to deal with the affairs of deputies to National People's Congress, China's top legislature, according to a decision adopted by the NPC Standing Committee at its latest session's closing ceremony on Wednesday.

The establishment of the commission was underlined in a plan focused on reforming Party and state institutions that was passed at the second plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee. The commission is seen as a key method in efforts to strengthen the institutional reform of the NPC.

The commission will be responsible for allocating quotas for the deputies, maintaining contact with them, reviewing their qualifications and providing them with services.

It will also be tasked with forming regulations concerning deputies' group inspection tours, providing guidance and coordinating related affairs.

In addition, the commission is charged with handling deputies' motions and suggestions, supervising their work and providing them with training.

Before the building of the new division, five working bodies under the NPC Standing Committee were responsible for handling deputies' affairs, including the General Office, the Legislative Affairs Commission and the Budgetary Affairs Commission.