Page 4 - REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS

By restructuring the HKSAR Election Committee and empowering it with
new functions, and by establishing a sound system for reviewing the
qualifications of election candidates, we saw the formation of a democratic
electoral system suited to Hong Kong’s legal status and realities. The new

electoral system ensures that Hong Kong is administered by patriots. It
provides fundamental political and institutional safeguards for good
governance of Hong Kong that is based on China’s constitution and the
HKSAR Basic Law and that ensures genuine implementation of the policy of
One Country, Two Systems. And it has initiated a new phase of our support
for long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and for Hong Kong’s
integration into China’s overall development.

We formulated and deliberated two draft methods for the Hong Kong

and Macao special administrative regions to elect deputies to the 14th NPC,
which have been submitted to this session for deliberation.

As stipulated in the Constitution, we exercised our authority to interpret the
Constitution and oversee its implementation.

We reviewed and studied issues of constitutionality in the process of
revising the Population and Family Planning Law, the Audit Law, and other
laws, explained the substance and spirit of the constitutional system, and
actively responded to public concerns.

Over the last year, in accordance with the law, we took the initiative to
review16 administrative regulations, 1 supervisory regulation, 1,467 local
regulations, 87 autonomous regulations and separate regulations, 40 special
economic zone regulations, 251 judicial interpretations, 42 laws of the HKSAR,
and 17 laws of the Macao Special Administrative Region. We studied and
processed 6,339 recommendations for review from citizens and organizations,
and we reviewed and studied 141 recommendations for review referred to us
by relevant departments. We overhauled regulations, rules, and other

regulatory documents concerning Yangtze River protection, administrative
penalties, and population and family planning, and we conducted targeted
reviews in priority areas. In total, we pushed relevant enacting bodies and
organs of justice to amend or overturn 1,069 regulations and judicial
interpretations.

We carried out research projects on local legislation in cities with
subsidiary districts. We encouraged the standing committees of local people’s

congresses in cities with subsidiary districts and in autonomous prefectures to
set up systems for hearing and deliberating reports on the work of recording
and review. We supported certain provinces, autonomous regions, and

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