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Quiz: How well do you understand CPPCC?
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-02 10:14
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1. Was the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) founded in the same year with the People’s Republic of China?
Yes.
The first session of CPPCC was held in Beijing in September 1949.
2. Does CPPCC have legislative power?
No.
The CPPCC's main functions are to hold political consultations, exercise democratic supervision and participate in the discussions and the handling of State affairs.
3. Were the Chinese national flag and national song determined by CPPCC?
Yes.
They were determined in the first session of CPPCC.
4. Do the deputies of CPPCC have to be members of the CPC?
No
The CPPCC consists of representatives of the CPC and non-Communist parties, persons without party affiliation, and representatives of people's organizations, ethnic minorities and various social groups. It also has representation of compatriots of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, returned overseas Chinese, and specially invited people.
5. Are the deputies in the CPPCC national committee changed every five years?
Yes
The CPPCC committees have a five-year term.
6. Are the CPPCC deputies chosen by election?
No
Deputies of the CPPCC are recommended and conferred by related groups and appointed by the Standing Committee of the CPPCC.
7. Are solidarity and democracy two themes of the CPPCC?
Yes
8. Is the CPPCC a state organ of the People’s Republic of China?
No
The CPPCC is a system of multi-party cooperation, not an organ of the state.
9. Can foreigners with Chinese nationalities be deputies of the CPPCC?
Yes
Sidney Shapiro, a Chinese American, is a deputy of the CPPCC national committee.
10. Can a member of the CPPCC hold a concurrent post of deputy of the national People’s Congress (NPC)?
Yes
There is no a ban in law, but such examples are few.
