System of people's congress

[2][non-primary source needed] The NPC is officially China's highest organ of state power, with the Standing Committee being its permanent body.

[2][non-primary source needed] The People's Congress System was set out in the Electoral Law of 1953 and has been subsequently revised.

[5][4] The CCP, through its control of the nomination process, ensures that around 70% of deputies to the people's congresses are party members.

[6][7][8][9] The CCP effectively sits above any legal code and the constitution of the People's Republic of China.

[10][11] CCP principles and slogans are codified into the state's legal code to increase the legitimacy of party rule.