Structure
- The Standing Committee: This is the standing body of the National Assembly, including the Chairman/Chairwoman, Deputy Chairmen/Chairwomen, and other standing members. The number of the Standing Committee's members is decided by the National Assembly, these members must not concurrently hold a position in the cabinet. The Standing Committee of previous term shall continue their duties until the newly-elected National Assembly establishes its new Standing Committee. The Standing Committee's constitutional duties include: (1) preparing, convening, and chairing the National Assembly's sessions; (2) explaining/interpreting the Constitution, laws, acts, and ordinances; (3) promulgating ordinances at the National Assembly's request; (4) supervising the implementation of the Constitution and laws, and the activities of the Government, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuracy; (5) supervising and guiding the activities of provincial people's councils (local legislative bodies); (6) directing and co-ordinating the activities of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council and other committees, providing guidance and guaranteeing the deputies' working conditions; (7) approving the cabinet's personnel affairs in between the National Assembly's sessions and making reports to the National Assembly in the next session; (8) declaring wars if necessary in between the National Assembly's sessions and making reports to the National Assembly in the next session; (9) launching general mobilization or partial mobilization, and declaring national or local state of emergency if necessary; (10) performing external relation activities of the National Assembly; and (11) organizing referendum at the National Assembly's request.
- The Ethnic Council: The main duties of the Ethnic Council are to contribute to, to investigate, and to supervise the legal documents (laws, acts, ordinances) and legal procedures on ethnic issues.
- Other Committees include: (1) Committee of Laws; (2) Committee of Justice; (3) Committee of Economy; (4) Committee of Financial and Budget Affairs; (5) Committee of National Defense and Security; (6) Committee of Culture, Education, Adolescents and Children Affairs; (7) Committee of Social Affairs; (8) Committee of Science, Technology and Environment; and (9) Committee of External Relations.
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