The state administrative organs, judicial and prosecuting organs
are all elected and supervised by and report to the people's
congresses which are organs of state power. These state organs
conduct their activities according to the principle of democratic
centralism. This has decided the relationships between the people's
congresses, the state administrative organs, the people's courts
and people's procuratorates as the following:
1.
The relationship of making decisions and implementing them. The
people's congresses represent the people to exercise state power,
make legislations, decide on major issues, elect, remove and
supervise state functionaries. The laws and decisions adopted by
the people's congresses must be implemented by the administrative
organs, people's courts and people's procuratorates.
2.
The relationship of the supervisor and the supervised. People's
congresses represent the people to exercise the right of
supervision of the administrative organs, peoples' courts and
people's congresses. The organs being supervised must be
responsible to and report their work to the people's congresses and
receive the supervision of the people's congresses.
3.
The relationship of working in coordination. Though having
different responsibilities and division of labor, the people's
congresses, the administrative organs, people's courts and people's
procuratorates have the same goal, i.e., to represent and realize
the fundamental interests of the people and jointly build socialism
with Chinese characteristics. The people's congresses uniformly
exercise the state power and, under this precondition, rationally
divide the rights of administration, judicial decision and
prosecuting decision, which avoids having the state power and
rights being over-concentrated or unnecessarily checked, so as to
allow the state organs to specialize in their distinctive
responsibilities and at the same time work in a coordinated
manner.
(China.org.cn May 20, 2003)