According to the
PRC constitution, all power belongs to the people, and
National People's Congress and local people's congresses are the bodies through which the people exercise state power. The NPC is officially China's
supreme organ of state power, with the
Standing Committee being its permanent body. The CCP, through its control of the nomination process, ensures that around 70% of deputies to the people's congresses are party members. The top positions in the system are granted to senior CCP leaders, including the position of the
NPCSC chairman, who has always been a member of the
Politburo Standing Committee, and the
NPCSC vice chairperson positions. Additionally, elections are not pluralistic as no opposition is allowed. The CCP effectively sits above any legal code and the
constitution of the People's Republic of China. CCP principles and slogans are codified into the state's legal code to increase the legitimacy of party rule. Through a variety of documents circulated within the CCP, the party directs China's lawmaking organs such as the NPC Standing Committee in the lawmaking process. == See also ==