Editing Elections in China (section)

====National People's Congress====
The [[National People's Congress]] (NPC) has 2,977 members, elected for five year terms. Deputies are elected (over a three-month period) by the people's congresses of the provinces of China, [[Autonomous regions of China|autonomous regions]], [[Direct-administered municipalities of China|municipalities]] directly under the Central Government, as well as by electoral college in the [[Special administrative regions of China|special administrative regions]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]], and by the armed forces which function as [[at-large]] [[electoral district]]s.<ref name="NPCelections">{{cite web |title=Allocation of the Number of Deputies |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/27743.htm |access-date=6 May 2021 |website=[[China Internet Information Center]] |publisher= |archive-date=12 August 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020812174344/http://www.china.org.cn/english/27743.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Non-primary source needed|date=November 2024}} Generally, seats are [[apportionment (politics)|apportioned]] to each electoral district in proportion to their population, though the system for apportioning seats for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the [[People's Liberation Army]] differ.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ji |first1=Bian |date=6 March 2011 |title=China's National People's Congress System: A Brief Introduction |url=https://www.chinausfocus.com/society-culture/chinas-national-peoples-congress-system-a-brief-introduction |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205759/https://www.chinausfocus.com/society-culture/chinas-national-peoples-congress-system-a-brief-introduction |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=6 May 2021 |website=China US Focus |publisher=[[China-United States Exchange Foundation]]}}</ref> No electoral district may be apportioned fewer than 15 seats in the NPC.<ref name="NPCelections"/>{{Non-primary source needed|date=November 2024}}

The NPC elects and appoints the following personnel:{{sfn|Lin|2011|pp=68–69}}

* [[President of China|President of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[Vice President of China|Vice President of the People's Republic of China]]
* [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairperson of the Central Military Commission]] (PRC)
* Director of the [[National Supervisory Commission]]
* [[President of the Supreme People's Court]]
* [[Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate]]

The NPC also appoints the [[Premier of China|premier of the State Council]] based on the president's nomination, other members of the State Council based on the premier's nomination, and other members of the Central Military Commission based on the CMC chair's nomination.{{sfn|Lin|2011|pp=68–69}}