人大常委会制度

人大常委会制度       【英】

the institution of standing committees of people's congresses

Speech by Hu Jintao to the 17th National Congress

十七大报告

1. 支持人民代表大会依法履行职能，善于使党的主张通过法定程序成为国家意志；保障人大代表依法行使职权，密切人大代表同人民的联系，建议逐步实行城乡按相同人口比例选举人大代表；加强人大常委会制度建设，优化组成人员知识结构和年龄结构。

1. We must support people's congresses in performing their functions pursuant to law and effectively turn the Party's propositions into the will of the state through legal procedures. We must ensure that deputies to people's congresses exercise their functions and powers in accordance with the law and maintain close ties with the general public. We must strengthen the institutions of standing committees of people's congresses and improve their membership composition in terms of intellectual background and age.