Measures of the First Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress for Voting for the Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen and Members of the Special Committees under the Eleventh National People’s Congress
(Adopted at the First Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress on March 5, 2008)
Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and of the relevant laws, the measures for voting for the Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen and Members of the Special Committees under the Eleventh National People’s Congress at the current session are formulated.
1. Under the Eleventh National People’s Congress nine committees shall be established, namely, the Ethnic Affairs Committee, the Law Committee, the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee, the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee, the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee and the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee. Each special committee is composed of one chairman, a certain number of vice-chairmen and members.
2. The choices for the Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen and members of the special committees shall be nominated from among the deputies by the Presidium and submitted to the plenary meeting for voting after deliberation by the delegations.
3. At the plenary meetings, the lists of the choices for the Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen and members of the special committees shall be put to the vote, one namelist of all the choices for each committee at a time, by secret ballot through pressing the button of the voting machine. During the vote, the deputy may vote for, vote against or abstain from voting, as he wishes; if he does not press the button, no vote shall be reckoned in the total number of the votes. Should the voting machine break down in the course of operation, the vote shall be conducted by a show of hands instead.
The choice for the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and members of a special committee shall be elected by a simple majority of all the deputies.
After conclusion of the election, the Executive Chairman of the session shall announce the result.
4. The vote shall be conducted at two plenary meetings:
At the opening meeting to be held on March 5, a vote shall be conducted for the choices for the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and members of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the Eleventh National People’s Congress.
At the 7th plenary meeting to be held on March 17, a vote shall be conducted for the choices for the Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen and members of the Ethnic Affairs Committee, the Law Committee, the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee, the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee, the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee and the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee.
5. These measures shall go into effect after they are adopted at the plenary meeting of the First Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress.