Chongqing- The Two Sessions for 2022 opens today, and here we are going to learn the Chinese term for the National People’s Congress. 全(quán)国(ɡuó)人(rén)大(dà)代(dài)表(biǎo) means the deputy to the National People’s Congress, or NPC deputy for short. This is a position of national influence that bears great responsibility, so the job can be kind of serious and political.
The NPC has the power to amend the Constitution and a duty to supervise the enforcement of the Constitution. No other state organ, political party or organization has this power. NPC deputies are very representative of the Chinese because they come from all walks of life.
Among the elected deputies for the 13th NPC, there are 468 farmers and ordinary workers, 613 are professionals, and 1,011 are Party and government officials. It is a part-time job for most of the deputies.
As they work for the NPC, they can still hold their original jobs. In addition, being an NPC deputy is not a paid service. An equivalent mechanism in the West could be seen as the United States Congress, which is the legislative body of the federal government.