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Supreme People’s Court, and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and over
240 instances of deputies serving as special supervisors and inspectors. We
gave full play to the role of outreach and liaison offices for deputies and

encouraged NPC deputies to attend local public outreach activities.
(5) We improved the ability of our deputies to perform their duties.

We organized the election of deputies to the 14th NPC and provided
guidance for the election of deputies to people’s congresses at the county and
township levels. A total of 2.77 million deputies to people’s congresses of all
levels have been chosen through democratic elections in accordance with the
law. This fully demonstrates the people-centric, broad, and authentic nature

of socialist democracy. We formulated 35 measures to strengthen and enhance
our work related to NPC deputies, stepped up development of deputy liaison
offices, and provided all-around services and support for deputies’
performance of duties. We held 26 online and offline study sessions for NPC
deputies, with a total attendance of 16,000, and essentially all new deputies
from the primary level participated in study sessions pertaining to their
duties. We established an NPC online school, where 2,539 NPC deputies took

online courses.
Over the past five years of deputy-related work, we have acquired a

deeper understanding of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important statements
on work related to deputies. His instructions on maintaining close ties
between standing committees of people’s congresses and deputies and
between deputies and the public reflect the defining feature of our country,
which is that it is run by the people, and they highlight the institutional
strengths of whole-process people’s democracy. They shed light on the
fundamental goals, inherent requirements, and working principles for our
work in this regard. As such, we have earnestly followed his instructions and

worked to ensure that our deputies better play their role as an important
bridge and channel through which the Party and the country stay in touch
with the people.

Since the beginning of the 13th NPC’s term, our deputies’ sense of duty
has become even stronger. Through attending NPC sessions, submitting
proposals and suggestions, engaging in our work and the work of special
committees and working commissions and committees, and conducting
research and inspections, deputies have learned about and brought forward
the people’s needs and wishes and participated in the exercise of state power
on their behalf.

Deputies’ duties have been more clearly defined. The role of deputies to
people’s congresses is not one of political glory; it is an important post that

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