Constitutional revision is will of the people
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Deputies at the Two Sessions hailed China’s constitutional revision for its significance for ensuring prosperity and lasting security of the Party and the country.
The deputies at the national legislative and political advisory sessions, who were discussing the amendment to the Constitution, said it better embodies the aspirations of the people.
It is a major decision made by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core from the overall and strategic height of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, they said.
As a key event in the country’s political life, the amendment is also a major move to advance law-based governance and modernize China’s system and capacity for governance, deputies added.
China’s current Constitution was adopted in 1982 and amended in 1988, 1993, 1999 and 2004.
The draft constitutional revision, proposed by the CPC Central Committee, was adopted by the 12th National People’s Congress Standing Committee at its 32nd session on January 29-30, and was submitted to the first session of 13th NPC for deliberation on March 5.
China’s national legislature adopted the constitutional amendment on Sunday.
The draft amendment reads that 11 of the 21 proposals are about supervisory commissions. The bill suggests giving Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era constitutional authority by enshrining it as a guiding theory for the country.
Xi Jinping thought was written into CPC Constitution at the 19th CPC National Congress held last October to realize a unified guiding theory for the whole Party.
Facts have proven that the timely translation of the Party’s guiding ideology into that of the country by amending Constitution is of great significance for the development of the Party and the country, said Xu Wenguang, a deputy to the 13th NPC.
The move is able to ensure a high-level unity of the Party and the country as well as the aspiration of the people, added Xu, who is also Secretary of the CPC Quzhou Municipal Committee from east China’s Zhejiang Province.
It is a must to incorporate Xi Jinping thought, which is the CPC’s secret to success in governance, into the revised Constitution, Xu stressed.
Making the Party’s guiding thought that of the country through constitutional revision also accords with the requirement of improving the Constitution to adapt to new situations, said Chen Jiadong, a deputy to the 13th NPC and also director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal People’s Congress from southeast Fujian Province.
The revisions include a series of clauses concerning the CPC leadership, the system of people’s congresses and united front, oath of allegiance to the Constitution, the presidential term of office, function and power of the State Council, legislative power as well as supervisory commissions.
A sentence reading “The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the defining feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics” was also added into the Constitution.
“The addition, an important finding of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, represents a portrayal of both the historic facts and reality,” said Li Baoping, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
The inclusion, which accords with the basic principles of the Constitution, also embodies the laws that underlie governance by the Party and the development of socialism, added Li, who is also director of the Institute of Law and Social Sciences at the Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences.
The lawmakers and political advisers pointed out that the constitutional revision has pooled public opinions and wisdom, fully represented the aspiration of people and won their support.
The wide participation of the public always matters in the Constitution formulation and amendments, said NPC deputy Zhang Tianren, who is Party secretary of a village in east China’s Zhejiang Province.
The amendment was proposed after soliciting opinions of all walks of life, he said, adding that it reflects the wisdom and wishes of Chinese people of all ethnic groups, gathers consensus of all social sectors and demonstrates the features of socialist democracy.
The NPC is the highest organ of state power in China. Its permanent body is the NPC Standing Committee. The NPC and its Standing Committee exercise the legislative power of the country.
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