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The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference In practice, the largest and dominant party in the Conference is the Communist Party of China. Other members are drawn from the United Front parties allied with the CPC, and from independent members who are not members of any party. The Conference is, to a large degree, controlled by the Communist Party , but it is intended to appear to be more representative and be composed of a broader range of people than is typical of government office in the People's Republic of China. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会, Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì Quanguo Weiyuanhui, shortened as 全国政协, Quánguó Zhèngxié, i.e. "National PCC") typically holds a yearly meeting at the same time as plenary sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC). Both CPPCC and NPC plenary sessions are often called the Lianghui (The Two Meetings), making important national level political decisions. A less common translation is "the National Congress". This translation is discouraged, as it causes confusion with the National People's Congress as well as with the National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The organizational hierarchy of CPPCC includes the National Committee and local committees. Local committees of CPPCC include provincial-level, prefecture-level, county-level. According to Item 2, Article 19 of Charter of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the relationship between the National Committee and the local committees is guidance to the latter. So are the relationship between the upper-level local committee and the lower-level local comitter. This means the National committee and all local committees are individual entities. |
