Local
People's Congresses and Local People's Governments
In accordance with the existing administrative
divisions of the country, the people’s congresses of the provinces
(autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central
Government), counties (cities) and townships (towns) are established
(people’s congresses at or above the county level having standing
committees), and people’s governments set up at all levels.
Local people’s congresses are the local
organs of state power. They have the power to decide on important
local affairs in their respective administrative areas. The people’s
congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities
directly under the Central Government have the power to formulate
local laws and regulations.
Local people’s governments are local
administrative organs of the state. Working under the unified
leadership of the State Council, they are responsible and report
on their work to the people’s congresses at the corresponding
levels and their standing committees, and to the organs of state
administration at the next-higher level. They have overall responsibility
for the administrative work within their respective administrative
areas.
