Governmental Usages
When referring to politics of the People's Republic of China, lianghui refers to the two highest organizations that make national-level political decisions: the National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
A less common political usage of lianghui is abbreviating the Republic of China's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taipei, and the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) in Beijing.
Read more about this topic: Lianghui
Famous quotes containing the word governmental:
“As a Tax-Paying Citizen of the United States I am entitled to a voice in Governmental affairs.... Having paid this unlawful Tax under written Protest for forty years, I am entitled to receive from the Treasury of “Uncle Sam” the full amount of both Principal and Interest.”
—Susan Pecker Fowler (1823–1911)