(2)to direct or conduct the election of deputies to its people's congress;

(二)领导或者主持本级人民代表大会代表的选举;

(6)determine the validity or invalidity of the election results and publish the names of the deputies elected.

(六) 确定选举结果是否有效,公布当选代表名单。

(6)to supervise the work of the people's government, people's court and people's procuratorate at the corresponding level, to maintain contact with the deputies of its people's congress and to receive and handle accusations and complaints from the people against the above-mentioned organs and state functionaries;

(六)监督本级人民政府、人民法院和人民检察院的工作,联系本级人民代表大会代表,受理人民群众对上述机关和国家工作人员的申诉和意见;

(7)to elect deputies to the people's congresses at the next higher level;

(七)选举上一级人民代表大会代表;

(3)divide electoral districts for the election of deputies to the people's congress at the corresponding level and allocate the number of deputies to be elected in each electoral district;

(三) 划分选举本级人民代表大会代表的选区,分配各选区应选代表的名额;

(13)to conduct a by-election, when its people's congress is not in session, in the event that a post of deputy to the people's congress at the next higher level becomes vacant and to remove from office individual deputies ; and

(十三)在本级人民代表大会闭会期间,补选上一级人民代表大会出缺的代表和罢免个别代表;

(4)decide on and publish the official list of candidates for deputies on the basis of the opinions of the majority of voters;

(四) 根据较多数选民的意见,确定和公布正式代表候选人的名单;

(1)assume responsibility for the election of deputies to the people's congress at the corresponding level;

(一) 主持本级人民代表大会代表的选举;

2)the right to address questions to the State Council or the ministries and commissions under the State Council, when the NPC is in session, all the questions addressed by deputies to the NPC must be answered by the relevant questioners.

2)全国人大开会期间,人大代表有权依据法律规定的程序对国务院或其下属各部、委提出质询案,受人大代表质询者必须负责回答。

There are over 1000 representatives attending the meeting including 600 deputies of duma, 89 members of Federation Council, staff of Presidential Office and heads of government departments

600多名议员、89个联邦主体领导人、总统办公厅及政府部门负责人等近1000人出席了联席会议。

A: are the deputies to the NPC required to keep close contact with the unit which elected him or her and with the people after they get elected?

a:人大代表当选后有必要与原选举单位和人民保持密切联系吗?

A: Will deputies to the NPC be called to legal account for their speeches made at the meeting?

a:人大代表在会议上的言论是否会负法律责任?

B: No, the deputies can made free speeches at the meeting without considering what legal consequence they might bring about, but they have to bear in mind all the times the interest of the State and the people.

B:不会。人大代表在会议上可以畅所欲言而无须考虑什么法律后果。但代表们应时时记住国家和人民的利益。

B: No, not quite the same. For the amendment to the Constitution, the proposal must be made by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress or by more than one fifth of the deputies to the National People's Congress. As for the amendment to the basic laws concerning criminal offences, civil affairs, the state organs and other matters as well as resolutions, it is much simpler.

B:不相同。修改宪法,其建议必须由全国人大常委会或者由全国人民代表大的五分之一代表提出,而修改刑事、民事、国家机构和其他的基本法律的程序就简单些。

B: No, any arrests (or trials)of deputies to the NPC, according to China' s constitution, will not be allowed without the consent of the Presidium of the current session of the NPC when it is in session or the consent of the standing Committee when the NPC is not in session.

B:不行,根据中国宪法,对人大代表的逮捕或审判在人大开会期间必须征得主席团的许可,在人大闭会期问必须征得人大常委会的许可,否则,不得执行。

B: The democracy in this Principle, in my understanding, deals with two aspects, one is about the election of the deputies wanting to go to the people's congresses at various levels and their responsibilities to the people; the other is about the relationship between the central government and the local governments.

B:根据我的理解,这项原则中的民主涉及两方面的意思,一则关于各级人民代表大会代表的产生,另一个涉及中央和地方政府之间的关系。

B: In accordance with the relevant laws, those who have the right to introduce proposals and motions include. local delegations attending the NPC, deputies of more than thirty in number, Presidium, Special Committees of the NPC, State Council, the Supreme People' s Court, the Supreme People' s Procuratorate, and the Central Military Commission, etc.

B:根据有关法律规定,有权提出议案的包括出席全国人大的地方代表团、30人以上的代表、主席团、人大特别委员会、国务院、最高人民法院、最高人民检查院、中央军事委员会等。

B: In order to facilitate the numbers of CPPCC to participate in the consultations and discussions of state policies, when the NPC is held, the members of CPPCC will be invited to attend the NPC session as non-voting deputies .

B:为了便于政协成员参与国家大政方针的协商和讨论,全国人大召开时,政协将应邀作为列席代表参加会议。

Amendment bills from the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be submitted to the National People's Congress by the delegation of the Region to the National People's Congress after obtaining the consent of two-thirds of the deputies of the Region to the National People's Congress, two-thirds of all the members of the Legislative Council of the Region, and the Chief Executive of the Region.

澳门特别行政区的修改议案,须经澳门特别行政区的全国人民代表大会代表三分之二多数、澳门特别行政区立法会全体议员三分之二多数和澳门特别行政区行政长官同意后,交由澳门特别行政区出席全国人民代表大会的代表团向全国人民代表大会提出。

8. The size of an electoral district shall be determined according to the principle that one to three deputies may be elected from each electoral district.

八、 选区的大小,按照每一选区选一至三名代表划分。

Members of the Standing Committee shall be elected by the National People's Congress from among its deputies .

常务委员会的组成人员由全国人民代表大会从代表中选出。

The factory manager negotiated with deputies .

厂长跟代表们进行了谈判。

The chairman, vice-chairmen and members of the Deputies Credentials Committee shall be nominated by the Council of the Chairman from among the members of the Standing Committee, and the nominees shall be approved at a meeting of the Standing Committee.

代表资格审查委员会的主任委员、副主任委员和委员的人选,由委员长会议在常务委员会组成人员中提名,常务委员会会议通过。

However, the adoption of the basic laws and resolutions requires a majority vote of more than one half of all the deputies to the National People' s Congress.

但通过基本法律和决议则要求全国人大全体代表的半数的同意。

As he and his wife left the church, it seemed to him that it was only a stone's throw from that edifice to the chamber of deputies

当他同妻子离开教堂的时候,他似乎感到那座建筑离国民议会大厅只有一箭之遥了。

Electoral units and voters shall have the power to remove from office at any time the deputies they elect to a local people's congress at any level. The removal from office of a deputy shall require a majority vote of all the deputies of the unit which elected him or of all the voters in his electoral district.

地方各级人民代表大会代表的选举单位和选民有权随时罢免自己选出的代表。代表的罢免必须由原选举单位以全体代表的过半数通过,或者由原选区以选民的过半数通过。

The number of deputies to the local people's congresses at various levels and the manner of their election shall be prescribed by the electoral law. There shall be an appropriate number of deputies elected from the minority nationalities in each administrative area.

地方各级人民代表大会代表名额和代表产生办法由选举法规定。各行政区域内的少数民族应当有适当的代表名额。

Article 28 When a local people's congress at any level is in session, a group of at least ten of the deputies may submit a written proposal for addressing questions to the people's government or any of its departments, the People's Court or the People's Procuratorate at the corresponding level. In the proposal shall clearly be stated to whom the questions are addressed and the specific questions themselves.

第二十八条　地方各级人民代表大会举行会议的时候,代表十人以上联名可以书面提出对本级人民政府和它所属各工作部门以及人民法院、人民检察院的质询案。质询案必须写明质询对象、质询的问题和内容。

Article 29 When a local people's congress at any level examines a bill or proposal, its deputies may address questions to the local state organs concerned, which shall send their personnel to the congress to give explanations.

第二十九条　在地方各级人民代表大会审议议案的时候,代表可以向有关地方国家机关提出询问,由有关机关派人说明。

Article 26. The Standing Committee shall establish a Deputies Credentials Committee.

第二十六条 常务委员会设立代表资格审查委员会。

Fellow Deputies

各位代表

Deputies’ meeting

代表会议

motion of deputies

委员提案

number of deputies

代表名额

Chamber of Deputies

国民议会;下院

chamber of deputies

法国等国之下议院

deputies consultation

代表协商会议

Group of Ten Deputies

十国代表小组

base number of deputies

代表名额基数

the chamber of Deputies

国民议会

The election of deputies

代表的产生

deputies to the Ninth NPC

九届全国人大代表

candidacy list of deputies

代表候选人名单

The rights of the deputies

代表的职权

Deputies Liaison Committee

代表联络委员会

Congress of People’s Deputies

人民代表大会

Deputies from the armed forces

军队人大代表名额的分配

certificate of elected deputies

代表当选证书

member of the Chamber of Deputies

众议员

Deputies from among Taiwan compatriots

台湾省全国人大代表的产生