Inquiries, inquiry into specific questions and recall of the National People's Congress
Inquiries. During an NPC session, a delegation, or 30 or more deputies acting collectively may address written inquiries to the State Council, its departments, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate. The Presidium of the session may require responsible members of the departments in question to respond orally at a meeting of the Presidium or of interested special committees or delegations, or require the departments to reply in writing. If the deputies or delegations that addressed the inquiries are dissatisfied with the answers, they may require the departments in question to make additional replies subject to the approval of the Presidium.
Inquiry into specific questions. The Presidium of the session, three or more delegations, or one-tenth or more of all deputies acting collectively may propose that a committee of inquiry into specific questions be organized. Such proposals are presented by the Presidium to a plenary meeting for approval. An inquiry committee consists of the Chairman and a number of vice Chairmen and other members. The nominations for these positions are made by the Presidium from among deputies and are approved at a plenary meeting. During inquiries by these committees, all relevant government departments, mass organizations and citizens are obliged to provide whatever information is required. The committees should submit reports to the NPC. The NPC may adopt resolutions based on the reports. When the NPC is not in session, it may authorize its Standing Committee to listen to reports of inquiry committees and adopt resolutions, which should be reported to the NPC at its next session for the record.
Recall. During an NPC session, its Presidium, three or more delegations, or one-tenth or more of all deputies acting collectively may make a motion to recall members of the NPC Standing Committee, the President, or Vice President of the People's Republic of China, members of the State Council, members of the Central Military Commission, the President of the Supreme People's Court or the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. A recall motion may be presented by the Presidium to all delegations for discussion and then to a plenary meeting to be voted on; or, the Presidium may suggest and the plenary meeting approve that an inquiry committee be set up and that the following NPC session deliberate and decide on the matter on the basis of the inquiry committee's report.