The 1954 "people's Republic of China Constitution"

                                 The 1954 "people's Republic of China Constitution"
[title] constitution of people's Republic of China
[] 19540920 date of promulgation
• Preface
• the first chapter outline
• second chapter of national institutions
• the first section of the National People's Congress
The president of the people's Republic of China, second
The third day, the State Council
The fourth day, the local people's congresses and local people's committees
The organs of self-government of the national autonomous areas, the fifth section
• sixth section of people's courts and the people's Procuratorate
The basic rights and obligations of citizens, the third chapter
• fourth chapter flag, emblem, the capital
[name] constitution of people's Republic of China
[note] (the first session of the first National People's Congress on September 20, 1954)
Preface
Chinese people after more than a hundred years of heroic struggle, and finally in the China under the leadership of the Communist Party, won a great victory in the fight against imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism and the people's revolution in 1949, thus ending the long oppressed, enslaved history, established the people's democratic dictatorship of the people's Republic of china. The people's democratic system of the people's Republic of China, is also the new democratic system in China, which can eliminate exploitation and poverty through the path to peace, prosperity and happiness of the completion of socialist society.
From the founding of the people's Republic to a socialist society was built, which is a transition period. Countries in the general task for the transition period is the progressive realization of socialist industrialization of the country, gradually completed on agriculture, handicraft industry and the socialist transformation of capitalist industry and commerce. The people of our country in the past few years have been successfully carried out the reform of the land system, war, suppressing the counter revolutionaries, restore the national economy of mass struggle, it is planned to carry out economic construction, preparing the necessary conditions of a gradual transition to socialist society.
The first meeting of the people's Republic of China the first session of the National People's Congress, September 20, 1954 in the capital Beijing, solemnly by constitution of people's Republic of china. This constitution is based on the 1949 China people's Political Consultative Conference common programme, is the development of the common programme. The constitution consolidated the new political success, on the economy since the founding of the people's revolution in our results and the founding of the people's Republic, and reflects the basic requirements of the transition period and the vast majority of people in building socialism society's common wish countries.
The Chinese people in the great struggle of the people's Republic of China has been formed to Chinese Communist led the Democratic class, democratic parties, people's organizations and the broad people's Democratic United front. In the future, mobilize and unite the people throughout the country to complete the task state transition period and against domestic and foreign enemies to fight, the people's democratic united front in China will continue to play its role.
All ethnic groups in China have been united as a free and equal national family. Based on developing ethnic camaraderie, anti imperialism, anti ethnic internal enemies of the people, against the big nationalism and local nationalism, China will continue to strengthen national unity. Country to take care of the needs of all ethnic groups in the process of economic construction and cultural construction, and give full attention to characteristics of each national development on the issue of socialist transformation.
China and the alliance, the great Soviet Socialist Republic and the people's democracies have established be too strong to break the friendship, the Chinese people with the peace loving people all over the world is to promote friendship, this friendship will continue to develop and consolidate. Our country on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity principle with all the countries in the establishment and development of foreign relations policy, have achieved, the future will continue to carry out the. In international affairs, China's policy is not to move or retreat for the lofty goal of world peace and human progress and efforts.

The first chapter outline
The people's Republic of China is the people's democratic countries, led by the working class and based on the worker peasant alliance.
All power in the second people's Republic of China belongs to the people. The National People's Congress and the local people's congresses at various levels are the organs exercise power for the people.
The National People's Congress, the local people's congresses and other state organs, shall practice democratic centralism.
Article third the people's Republic of China is a unitary multinational state.
The equality of all nationalities. Prohibition of discrimination and oppression of any nationality, prohibits the destruction of the ethnic solidarity.
All ethnic groups have the use and develop their own spoken and written languages are free, to preserve or reform their own folkways and customs.
Regional autonomy is practiced in areas where people of minority nationalities. All national autonomous areas are the people's Republic of China can not be separated parts.
Article fourth the people's Republic of China on state organs and social forces, the socialist industrialization and socialist transformation, guarantee to gradually eliminate the system of exploitation, the establishment of a socialist society.
Article fifth the people's Republic of China, the ownership of the means of production is now mainly has the following kinds: national system of ownership, namely the ownership by the whole people; cooperative ownership, namely collective ownership by the working people; individual laborer ownership of capitalist ownership.
Article sixth the state economy is the socialist economy under ownership by the whole people, is the material foundation of the national economy's leadership and the country to achieve socialist transformation. The state guarantees to give priority to the development of state economy.
Mineral, water, by law for state-owned forests, land and other resources, are all belong to the whole people.
Article seventh cooperative economy is socialist economy under collective ownership by the working people, or half the working masses part of socialist economy of collective ownership. The working masses of collective ownership is a transitional form handicraft individual organization of individual farmers, and other individual workers to collective ownership by the working people.
The state protects the cooperative property, encourage, guide and help the development of cooperative economy, and to develop production cooperation as the main road reconstruction of individual agriculture and individual handicraft.
Article eighth country in accordance with the law to protect farmers' land ownership and ownership of the means of production.
National guidance and assistance to individual farmers to increase production, and encourage them to organize production according to the principle of voluntary cooperation, supply and marketing cooperatives and credit cooperative.
Countries to limit and gradually eliminate kulak economy policy.
Article ninth country in accordance with the law to protect the handicraft industry and other non-agricultural individual laborer ownership of the means of production.
National guidance and help the individual handicraftsman and other non - agricultural individual workers to improve the management, and encourage them to organize production according to the principle of voluntary cooperation and supply and marketing cooperative.
Article tenth in accordance with the law to protect national capitalist ownership of the means of production and other capital ownership.
Countries to take advantage of, restriction and transformation of the policy of capitalist industry and commerce. Through the supervision and administrative organs of the state management, leadership of state economy and the masses of workers, the capitalist industry and Commerce has a positive effect to the beneficial to the people's livelihood, restrictions are not conducive to the negative effects are beneficial to the people's livelihood, encourage and guide them into various forms of state capitalism economy, gradually to replace the capitalist system of ownership of the whole people ownership.
The State prohibits the capitalists to harm the public interest, disrupt social and economic order, undermine all the illegal behavior of national economic plan.
Article eleventh country to protect the ownership of citizen's legitimate income, savings, houses and all kinds of life data.
Article twelfth country to protect the private property of citizens legal right of inheritance.
Article thirteenth country to the need of public interest, in accordance with the law of the conditions, the purchase, requisitioned or nationalization of rural land and other production data.
Article fourteenth country to prohibit any person to use private property damage public interests.
Development and reform guiding national economy fifteenth national economic plan, the productivity is increasing, in order to improve the material and cultural life of the people, the consolidation of national independence and security.
Article sixteenth labor is glorious things of the people's Republic of China of every able-bodied citizen. The State encourages citizens in the labor enthusiasm and creativity.
Article seventeenth all state organs must rely on the masses of the people, keep in close touch with the masses, listen to the opinions of the masses, accept the supervision of the masses.
Article eighteenth the staff all state organs must be loyal to the people's democratic system, subject to the Constitution and the law, to serve the people.
Safeguarding the people's democratic system, nineteenth of the people's Republic of China, to suppress all treason and counter revolutionary activities, the punishment of all traitors and counter revolutionaries.
The country according to law in a certain period of feudal landlords and bureaucrat capitalists deprived of political rights, simultaneously gives the way of life, so that they in the labor reform become support oneself citizens.
Article twentieth the people's Republic of China belong to the people, it is the task of safeguarding the people's revolution and national construction achievements, and defending state sovereignty, territorial integrity and security.

The second chapter of national institutions
The first section of the National People's Congress
The first section of the National People's Congress
The twenty-first National People's Congress of the people's Republic of China is the highest organ of state power.
The twenty-second National People's Congress is the only authority to exercise the legislative power of the state.
The twenty-third National People's Congress is composed of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the central government, the army and the elected representatives of overseas chinese.
The National People's Congress delegates and representatives of the ethnic minorities, including the number and selection methods, shall be prescribed by the electoral law.
Each term of the twenty-fourth National People's Congress four years.
The National People's Congress two months before the expiration of the term of office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, must be the deputy to the National People's Congress election. If extraordinary circumstances prevent such an election, the National People's Congress may extend the term to the National People's Congress held its first meeting.
The twenty-fifth National People's Congress meets in session once a year, convened by the Standing Committee of the National People's congress. If the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress deems it necessary, or 1/5 representatives proposed, may be convened sessions of the National People's congress.
When the twenty-sixth National People's Congress meeting, elect the presidium.
The twenty-seventh National People's Congress shall exercise the following powers:
(a) to amend the constitution;
(two) law;
(three) supervise the enforcement of the constitution;
(four) the chairman, vice chairman of the election of the people's Republic of china;
(five) according to the president of the people's Republic of nomination, decision of the State Council prime minister, according to the nomination by the premier, determine the members of the State Council;
(six) according to the president of the people's Republic of nomination, decided to vice chairman of the National Defence Commission and members;
(seven) to elect the president of the Supreme People's court;
(eight) election of the Supreme People's procuratorate;
(nine) determines the national economic plan;
(ten) to examine and approve the state budget and final accounts;
(eleven) divided the approval of the provincial, autonomous region and municipality directly under the central government;
(twelve) decided to amnesty;
(thirteen) decide on questions of war and peace;
(fourteen) the National People's Congress believes that other powers shall be exercised it.
The twenty-eighth National People's Congress has the power to recall the following personnel:
(a) vice president of the people's Republic of China, chairman of;
(two) prime minister, deputy prime minister, ministers, the Commission, the Secretary general;
(three) vice chairman of the National Defence Commission and member;
(four) the president of the Supreme People's court;
(five) the Supreme People's procuratorate.
The twenty-ninth amendment to the Constitution adopted by the National People's Congress by a majority of all representatives of 2/3.
Laws and resolutions by the National People's Congress and a majority vote of all the deputies.
The Standing Committee of the thirtieth National People's Congress is the organ of the Standing Committee of National People's congress.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress by the National People's Congress elected the following officers:
The chairman,
Vice chairman of a number of people,
General secretary.
A number of members.
The Standing Committee of the thirty-first National People's Congress shall exercise the following powers:
(a) presided over the National People's Congress election;
(two) convened sessions of the National People's congress;
(three) interpretation of the law;
(four) the development of laws;
(five) the supervision of the State Council, the Supreme People's court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate work;
(six) the State Council of the revocation with the constitution, laws and regulations inconsistent decisions and orders;
(seven) to change or revoke the organs of state power of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government's inappropriate resolutions;
(eight) when the National People's Congress is decided, vice premier of the State Council, the ministries and commissions, Secretary General of the appointment and removal of individual;
(nine) the appointment and removal of members of the Supreme People's court vice president, judges and the judicial committee;
(ten) the appointment and removal of the Supreme People's Procuratorate deputy chief procurators, procurators and member of the procuratorial committee;
(eleven) determine the appointment and removal of plenipotentiary representatives abroad;
(twelve) determine the treaties and abrogation;
(thirteen) the provisions rank military and diplomatic personnel and of other specific rank;
(fourteen) provisions and decisions confers state medals and titles of honor;
(fifteen) decided to pardon;
(sixteen) when the National People's Congress is, if an armed attack on the country or in fulfilment of international treaty to prevent aggression treaty, decided to declare a state of war;
(seventeen) decides on general or partial mobilization;
(eighteen) the martial law throughout the country or in parts of the decision;
(nineteen) other functions and powers as the National People's Congress granted.
The Standing Committee of the thirty-second National People's Congress shall exercise its functions and powers to the National People's Congress and the standing committees.
The Standing Committee of the thirty-third National People's Congress responsible and report on its work to the National People's congress.
Members of the National People's Congress of deputies to the National People's Congress Standing committee.
The thirty-fourth National People's Congress shall establish a Nationalities Committee, Law Committee, the budget committee, the credentials committee and other needs and commission.
The National Committee and the act of commission, when the National People's Congress is, by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress leadership.
The thirty-fifth National People's Congress thinks when necessary, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress meeting during the National People's Congress when it deems it necessary, may appoint committees of inquiry into specific questions.
Commission of inquiry when, all the relevant state organs, people's organizations and citizens shall have the obligation to provide the necessary materials to it.
The thirty-sixth National People's Congress has the right to question to the State Council or the various ministries, the Commission proposed, by questioning authority must be responsible to answer.
The thirty-seventh National People's Congress, not by the National People's Congress is not in session, permission license, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the National People's Congress, shall not be liable to arrest or trial.
The thirty-eighth National People's Congress are subject to supervision by the units which elected. The electoral units have the right to procedures prescribed by law, on behalf of the units selected at any time.
Chairman of the second day of the people's Republic of China

Chairman of the second day of the people's Republic of China
The thirty-ninth president of the people's Republic of China by the National People's Congress. Have the right to vote and to be elected to the age of thirty-five years of the people's Republic of China citizen can be elected as the president of the people's Republic of china.
The term of office of the chairman of the people's Republic of four years.
Article fortieth the people's Republic of China according to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the decision of the National People's Congress's decision, announced the laws and decrees, premier of the State Council, and Deputy Prime Minister, ministers, the committee director, secretary general, vice president, the appointment and removal of the National Defense Commission, confers state medals and titles of honor, release pardon and amnesty, proclaim the order of martial law, to declare a state of war, issues mobilization orders.
Article forty-first the chairman of the people's Republic of China on behalf of the people's Republic of China, receiving foreign envoys; according to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decision, appoints and recalls plenipotentiary representatives abroad, approval of treaties.
Article forty-second the people's Republic of China, chairman of the national command of the armed forces, served as chairman of the national defense commission.
The forty-third president of the people's Republic of China held the highest state conference when necessary, and served as the chairman of the Supreme Council of state.
The highest state conference attended by the vice president of the people's Republic of China, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Premier and other relevant personnel.
Highest state conference for major national affairs, by the president of the people's Republic of China submitted to the National People's Congress, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council and other relevant departments to discuss and make decisions.
The forty-fourth vice president of the people's Republic of China assists the president in his work. Commissioned by the vice - President of the functions and powers of the acting chairman, can.
Vice president of the people's Republic of China shall apply to the election and term, article thirty-ninth of the constitution of the people's Republic of China on the president election and term of office of the.
The chairman, vice chairman of the forty-fifth people's Republic of China shall exercise its functions and powers to the National People's Congress elected vice president under President, took office.
Article forty-sixth the people's Republic of China President for health long term can not work, the vice president on behalf of the powers and duties of the president.
When the people's Republic of China president, the vice president succeeds to the office.
Section third of the State Council

Section third of the State Council
Article forty-seventh the State Council of the people's Republic of China, or the Central People's government, is the executive body of the highest organ of state power, is the highest organ of state administration.
Article forty-eighth the State Council is composed of the following:
Prime minister,
Deputy Prime Minister of,
The minister,
The Committee director,
General secretary.
The relevant provisions of the state council.
Article forty-ninth the State Council shall exercise the following powers:
(a) in accordance with the constitution, laws and decrees, the provisions of administrative measures, issue decisions and orders, implementation and review these decisions and orders;
(two) introduced a bill to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress or the National People's congress;
(three) the unified leadership of the work of the ministries and commissions;
(four) the unified leadership over the work of local organs of State Administration at different levels;
(five) the orders and instructions do not change or revoke the ministers, the director of the commission;
(six) to change or revoke the local organs of State Administration at all levels of inappropriate decisions and orders of the;
(seven) the execution plan of national economy and the state budget;
(eight) the management of foreign trade and domestic trade;
(nine) the management culture, education and health work;
(ten) the management of national affairs;
(eleven) the management of overseas Chinese affairs;
(twelve) to protect the interests of the state, the maintenance of social order, guarantee the rights of citizens;
(thirteen) the management of foreign affairs;
(fourteen) the construction of leading armed forces;
(fifteen) approved by the Autonomous Prefecture, county division, Autonomous County, city;
(sixteen) in accordance with the provisions of laws or administrative personnel;
(seventeen) the other powers granted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the National People's congress.
Article fiftieth the premier directs the work of the State Council, presided over the State Council meeting.
The vice premiers assist the premier in his work.
Director of fifty-first ministers and committees responsible for the management of the Department's work. Chief ministers and committees within the limits of its authority, according to the laws, decrees and the resolution of the State Council, command, can issue orders and instructions.
Article fifty-second the State Council is responsible and report on its work to the National People's Congress; when the National People's Congress is, to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall be responsible and report.
The fourth section of local people's congresses and local people's committees at various levels

The fourth section of local people's congresses and local people's committees at various levels
The following administrative division of the fifty-third people's Republic of china:
(a) the country is divided into provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government;
(two) province, autonomous regions are divided into autonomous prefecture, county, Autonomous County, city;
(three) counties, autonomous counties are divided into townships, nationality townships, the town.
Municipalities directly under the central government and other large cities are divided into districts. Autonomous prefectures are divided into counties, Autonomous County, city.
Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, are national autonomous areas.
Article fifty-fourth provinces, municipalities, county, city, city area, township, nationality township, town set up people's Congress and the people's committee.
Organs of self-government are established in autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties. The organization and work of organs of self-government are prescribed by the constitution of the second chapter of fifth.
Fifty-fifth local people's congresses at various levels are the local organs of state power.
The people's Congress fifty-sixth Province, municipalities directly under the central government, county, located in the city district represented by the people's Congress at the next lower level people's Congress election; city not divided into districts, municipal districts, townships, nationality townships, the town of representatives elected directly by voters.
A local people's Congress delegates and representatives shall be prescribed by the electoral law.
Each term of the fifty-seventh Provincial People's Congress four years. Municipalities, county, city, city area, township, nationality township, Town People's Congress is elected for a term of two years.
Fifty-eighth local people's congresses at various levels in the administrative area, the guarantee law, legal compliance and enforcement, planning and local economic construction, culture and public utilities, the examination and approval of local budgets and final accounts, protect public property, the maintenance of public order, the protection of civil rights, to safeguard the equal rights of minority nationalities.
Members of the fifty-ninth local people's congresses elect and have the power to recall the people's committee.
The people's Congress at or above the county level shall have the right to recall the president elect and the people's court at the same level.
Sixtieth local people's congresses at various levels in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction through and issue resolution.
The people's congresses of nationality townships as prescribed by law, to take specific measures suited to the characteristics of the nationalities.
Local people's congresses at various levels have the power to alter or annul the people's Committee of inappropriate decisions and orders of the.
The people's Congress at or above the county level shall have the power to alter or annul the people's Congress at the next lower level inappropriate resolutions of the people's Committee and the next level of inappropriate decisions and orders of the.
The people's Congress sixty-first Province, municipalities directly under the central government, county, located in the city district represent the supervision by the units which elected; people's Congress city not divided into districts, municipal districts, townships, nationality townships, towns represent the supervision by the constituency. The electoral units and voters to local people's congresses at various levels have the right in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law, to replace their deputies.
Article sixty-second the local people's committees, namely, the local people's governments at all levels, is the executive organs of the local people's congresses at various levels, is the administrative organ local state.
Article sixty-third the local people's committees were composed of the governor, mayor, county, District, township, the mayor of the one, vice governor, vice mayor, deputy mayor, deputy mayor, deputy mayor, deputy mayor of the number of members of each of the several people.
The local people's committees at all levels of each term of office of the people's congresses at the same.
The local people's committees at all levels of the organization by law.
Article sixty-fourth the local people's Committee in accordance with the provisions of the law of the administrative authority of regional administrative work.
The local people's committees at all levels to implement the resolutions of the people's Congress and the state administrative organs of the decisions and orders.
The local people's committees at various levels in accordance with the law of the rights issue decisions and orders.
Article sixty-fifth or above the county level people's Committee of the leadership of their subordinate departments and the people's Committee of the work of subordinates in accordance with the law, the appointment and removal of functionaries of state organs.
At or above the county level shall have the right to stop the people's Committee of people's Congress at the next lower level inappropriate implementation of decisions, orders and instructions inadequate reserves the right to change or cancellation of its subordinate departments and the lower level people's Committee of inappropriate decisions and orders of the.
Article sixty-sixth the local people's committees of people's congresses at the corresponding levels and the level of the state administrative organs shall be responsible and report.
People's Committee local all of the various levels throughout the country are state administrative organs under the unified leadership of the State Council, obey.
The organs of self-government of the national autonomous areas Fifth Festival

The organs of self-government of the national autonomous areas Fifth Festival
The organs of self-government of the sixty-seventh autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, the organization shall, according to the basic principle of constitution of second section of the fourth chapter of the local state organs organization. The organs of self-government of the form can be in accordance with the provisions of the implementation of regional autonomy of ethnic majority of the will of the people.
The organs of self-government of sixty-eighth autonomy in ethnic autonomous regions, prefectures, Autonomous County, on behalf of the nationalities are entitled to appropriate.
Local organs of state organs of self-government in sixty-ninth autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, the exercise of chapter second section fourth authority.
The organs of self-government of the seventieth autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the law authority to exercise the power of autonomy.
The organs of self-government of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, in accordance with the legal provisions of the local authority finance.
The organs of self-government of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, in accordance with the military system of the state organization of local public security forces.
The organs of self-government of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, can be in accordance with the characteristics of local political, economic and cultural, to formulate autonomous regulations and separate regulations, approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall be submitted to the.
The seventy-first autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, autonomous organs in performing their functions, the use of local national common one or several languages.
Article seventy-second the state organs at higher levels shall be the organs of self-government of full protection of the autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, the exercise of the right of autonomy, and assistance to the minority nationalities to the development of political, economic and cultural undertakings.
In section sixth, the people's court and the people's Procuratorate

In section sixth, the people's court and the people's Procuratorate
The Supreme People's court, the seventy-third people's Republic of the local people's courts at various levels and of the special people's courts to exercise jurisdiction.
The seventy-fourth president of the Supreme People's court and the local people's courts at all levels, a term of four years.
The organization of people's courts shall be prescribed by law.
The seventy-fifth people's court in accordance with the law to implement the people's jury system.
Article seventy-sixth the people's court cases, especially cases in addition to the provisions of law, shall be heard in public. The accused has the right to defense.
Article seventy-seventh citizens of all nationalities have the national language of litigation rights. The people's court for does not understand local language of the parties, should be translated for them.
In minority nationality or nationalities live together in one area, the people's court shall proceed to trial in the local language, commonly used in the locality issue judgments, notices and other documents of the text.
Article Seventy-eighth the people's court for judicial independence, only obey the law.
Article seventy-ninth the Supreme People's court is the highest judicial organ.
The Supreme People's court supervision of local people's courts at various levels and of the special people's court, the superior people's court for trial supervision work of the lower court.
Eightieth the Supreme People's court shall be responsible and report on its work to the National People's Congress; when the National People's Congress is, to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall be responsible and report. The local people's courts at various levels are responsible and report on its work to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels.
Article eighty-first the people's Republic of China, the Supreme People's Procuratorate for that all departments under the State Council, the local state organs at all levels, the staff of state organs and citizens to abide by the law, the exercise of prosecutorial power. The local people's procuratorates at different levels and of the special people's procuratorates, exercise procuratorial authority according to law.
The local people's procuratorates at different levels and of the special people's procuratorates at the higher people's Procuratorate under the leadership of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and shall be under the unified leadership, work.
Long term eighty-second of the Supreme People's Procuratorate four years.
The organization of people's procuratorates is prescribed by law.
Article eighty-third the local people's procuratorates exercise the functions and powers of independent, not by local organs of state interference.
Eighty-fourth the Supreme People's Procuratorate shall be responsible and report on its work to the National People's Congress; when the National People's Congress is, to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall be responsible and report.
The third chapter the basic rights and obligations of citizens

The third chapter the basic rights and obligations of citizens
The eighty-fifth PRC citizens shall be equal before the law.
The eighty-sixth PRC citizens over eighteen years of age, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, social origin, religious belief, education, property status or length of residence, have the right to vote and to be elected. But with the exception of mental illness and in accordance with the law to be deprived of the right to vote and to be elected.
Women have equal rights to vote and stand for election.
Article eighty-seventh the people's Republic of China citizens enjoy freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, parade, demonstration of freedom. To facilitate national supply necessary material, to ensure that citizens enjoy the freedom.
The eighty-eighth PRC citizens have the freedom of religious belief.
The eighty-ninth PRC citizens enjoy freedom. Any citizen, not by decision of a people's court or the people's Procuratorate approved the arrest, without.
Article ninetieth citizens of the people's Republic of the inviolability of the residence, communication privacy.
Citizens of the people's Republic of China have the freedom to live and migrate.
The ninety-first PRC citizens have the right to labor. Countries through the development of the national economy in a planned, step by step to expand employment, improve working conditions and wages, in order to guarantee the citizens to enjoy this right.
The ninety-second PRC workers have the right to rest. Workers and staff of the working time and vacation system regulations of the state, the gradual expansion of the rest and recuperation of the material conditions, to ensure that workers enjoy the rights of.
When ninety-third people's Republic of workers in the old, ill or disabled, have the right to material assistance. The country holds social insurance, social relief and public health undertakings, and gradually expand the facilities, to ensure that workers enjoy the rights of.
Ninety-fourth of the people's Republic of China has the right to education. The state set up and gradually expand the various schools and other cultural and educational institutions, to ensure that the citizens to enjoy this right.
The development of national special care youth physical and mental.
Article ninety-fifth the people's Republic of China guarantee citizens in scientific research, literary and artistic creation and other cultural activities. Countries engaged in science, education, literature, art and other cultural institutions citizens of creative work, give encouragement and help.
The ninety-sixth people's Republic of women in political, economic, cultural, social and family life, enjoy equal rights with men.
Marriage, family, mother and child are protected by the state.
Ninety-seventh of the people's Republic of China for the personnel of state organs any illegal, have put forward written or verbal accusation against the right to state organs at all levels. Due to the personnel of state organs civil rights violations and damage to the people, have the right to compensation.
The legitimate rights and interests of ninety-eighth of the people's Republic of China to protect overseas Chinese.
Article ninety-ninth the people's Republic of China for foreigners of any just cause, due to support in the peace movement, scientific work and persecuted, given the right of abode.
The 100th PRC citizens must abide by the Constitution and the law, to comply with labor discipline, observe public order, respect social ethics.
Article 101st the people's Republic of China public property is sacred and inviolate. It is the obligation of every citizen to protect and defend the public property.
The 102nd PRC citizens to pay taxes in accordance with legal obligations.
The people's Republic of China is the sacred duty of every citizen of 103rd to defend the motherland.
Military service in accordance with the law is the glorious duty of citizens of the people's Republic of china.

The fourth chapter flag, national emblem, the capital
The national flag 104th people's Republic of China is a red flag with five stars.
Article 105th the people's Republic of China national emblem, the middle is the Tiananmen star shining, is around the ears and gear.
Article 106th the people's Republic of China is the capital of Beijing.