short note on elections in China
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Elections in China are based on a hierarchical electoral system, whereby local People's Congresses are directly elected , and all higher levels of People's Congresses up to the National People's Congress , the national legislature, are indirectly elected by the People's Congress of the level immediately below. [1]
Governors, mayors, and heads of counties, districts, townships and towns are in turn elected by the respective local People's Congresses. [2] Presidents of people's courts and chief procurators of people's procuratorates are elected by the respective local People's Congresses above the county level. [2] The
President and the State Council are elected by the National People's Congress, which is made of 2980 people.
Elections in China are based on a hierarchical electoral system, whereby local People's Congresses are directly elected , and all higher levels of People's Congresses up to the National People's Congress , the national legislature, are indirectly elected by the People's Congress of the level immediately below.
Governors, mayors, and heads of counties, districts, townships and towns are in turn elected by the respective local People's Congresses. Presidents of people's courts and chief procurators of people's procuratorates are elected by the respective local People's Congresses above the county level. The
President and the State Council are elected by the National People's Congress, which is made of 2980 people.