a chairperson,
vice chairpersons, and
members.
The Central Military Commission shall practice a chairperson responsibility system.
The Central Military Commission shall have the same term of office as that of the National People's Congress.
Article 94 The chairperson of the Central Military Commission shall be responsible to the National People's
Congress and the National People's Congress Standing Committee.
Section 5 Local People's Congresses at All levels and Local People's Governments at All Levels
Article 95 Provinces, cities directly under central government jurisdiction, counties, cities, municipal
districts, townships, ethnic townships and towns shall establish people's congresses and people's
governments.
The organization of local people's congresses at all levels and local people's governments at all levels shall be
prescribed by law.
Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties shall establish autonomous organs.
The organization and work of autonomous organs shall be prescribed by law in accordance with the basic
principles laid down in Chapter III sections 5 and 6 of the Constitution.
Article 96 Local people's congresses at all levels are local state organs of power.
Local people's congresses at and above the county level shall establish standing committees.
Article 97 Deputies to the people's congresses of provinces, cities directly under central government
jurisdiction and cities divided into districts shall be elected by the people's congresses at the next level down;
deputies to the people's congresses of counties, cities not divided into districts, municipal districts,
townships, ethnic townships and towns shall be directly elected by their constituencies.
The number of deputies to local people's congresses at all levels and the procedures of their election shall be
prescribed by law.
Article 98 Local people's congresses at all levels shall have a term of five years.
Article 99 Local people's congresses at all levels shall, within their administrative areas, ensure the
observance and enforcement of the Constitution, laws and administrative regulations; they shall, according
to the authority invested in them as prescribed by law, adopt and issue resolutions, and review and decide
on local economic, cultural and public service development plans.
Local people's congresses at and above the county level shall review and approve the economic and social
development plans and budgets of their administrative areas as well as reports on their implementation;
they shall have the power to change or revoke inappropriate decisions made by their own standing
committees.
The people's congresses of ethnic townships may, according to the authority invested in them as prescribed
by law, take specific measures suited to ethnic characteristics.
Article 100 The people's congresses of provinces and cities directly under central government jurisdiction
and their standing committees may, provided there is no conflict with the Constitution, laws or
administrative regulations, formulate local regulations, which shall be reported to the National People's
Congress Standing Committee to be placed on record.
The people's congresses of cities divided into districts and their standing committees may, provided there is
no conflict with the Constitution, laws or administrative regulations, or with the local regulations of their
province or autonomous region, formulate local regulations in accordance with the provisions of law, which
shall go into force after submission to the standing committee of the people's congress of their province or
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