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more procedure-based and systematic. Going forward, we will need to make
real improvements in our work if we are to address these problems and
shortcomings.

Fellow Deputies,

Over the past five years, we have gained a deeper understanding of the
core content, basic features, and defining requirements of the people’s
congress system. This covers the following six aspects.

We must uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The
Party’s leadership is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese
characteristics, and we must ensure the full implementation of this principle

as written in the Constitution and make sure that the Party always remains
the strong leadership core in building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
We must uphold Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese
Characteristics for a New Era. We must thoroughly apply General Secretary

Xi Jinping’s key ideas on upholding and improving the people’s congress
system and guide the work of the NPC to move forward in the right direction.

We must keep to the path of socialist political advancement with
Chinese characteristics. We must ensure the unity between leadership by the
Party, the running of the country by the people, and law-based governance
and guarantee that the Party leads the people in exercising effective
law-based governance of the country.

We must uphold the major concept of whole-process people’s
democracy. We must fully leverage the role of the people’s congress system as
an important institutional vehicle to advance whole-process people’s
democracy in China and reflect the people’s status as the masters of the
country. We must ensure that the people’s voice can be heard in every stage
of the work of the Party and the country, from decision-making and execution

to oversight of implementation.
We must make full use of the role of the people’s congress system as an
important institutional vehicle for the Party’s leadership over organs of
state power. We must use statutory procedures to turn the Party’s
propositions into the will of the state and the collective action of the people.

We must adhere to the nation’s fundamental tasks, development path,
and goals as written in the Constitution. We must enrich and broaden the

work of the people’s congresses and keep it up to date and ensure that the
Party’s theories, lines, principles, and policies are fully implemented.

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