Legislative Power

The NPC and its Standing Committee exercise the legislative power of the state as prescribed by the Constitution. The NPC enacts and amends criminal, civil, state institutional,?and other basic laws. The NPC Standing Committee enacts and amends laws other than those that should be enacted by the NPC; when the NPC is not in session, partially supplements and amends laws enacted by the NPC but without conflicting with the basic principles of those laws. The NPC may empower its Standing Committee to enact relevant laws. The laws adopted by the NPC and its Standing Committee shall be promulgated by a decree signed by the Chinese president.

In line with the conditions and needs of their respective administrative areas, the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government may enact and promulgate local regulations that do not contravene the Constitution, the law, and administrative regulations, and these new local regulations shall be reported to the NPC Standing Committee and the State Council for the record.

Likewise, the people's congresses of cities divided into districts and of autonomous prefectures may, within the limits of their authority as prescribed by the law, introduce local regulations that do not contravene the Constitution, the law, administrative regulations, and the regulations of their own provinces or autonomous regions. They shall report such new local regulations to the standing committees of their provincial or autonomous regional people's congresses for approval before implementation, and the said standing committees shall report this to the NPC Standing Committee and the State Council for the record. 

The people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, cities divided into districts, and autonomous prefectures may jointly issue regulations that facilitate coordinated regional development. 

行使立法權

全國人民代表大會和全國人民代表大會常務委員會根據憲法規定行使國家立法權。全國人民代表大會制定和修改刑事、民事、國家機構的和其他的基本法律。全國人民代表大會常務委員會制定和修改除應當由全國人民代表大會制定的法律以外的其他法律；在全國人民代表大會閉會期間，對全國人民代表大會制定的法律進行部分補充和修改，但是不得

同該法律的基本原則相抵觸。全國人民代表大會可以授權全國人民代表大會常務委員會制定相關法律。全國人民代表大會及其常務委員會通過的法律由國家主席簽署主席令予以公布。

省、自治區、直轄市的人民代表大會根據本行政區域的具體情況和實際需要，在不同憲法、法律、行政法規相抵觸的前提下，可以制定和頒布地方性法規，報全國人民代表大會常務委員會和國務院備案。設區的市、自治州的人民代表大會根據本行政區域的具體情況和實際需要，在不同憲法、法律、行政法規和本省、自治區的地方性法規相抵觸的前提下，可以依照法律規定的權限制定地方性法規，報省、自治區的人民代表大會常務委員會批準后施行，并由省、自治區的人民代表大會常務委員會報全國人民代表大會常務委員會和國務院備案。省、自治區、直轄市以及設區的市、自治州的人民代表大會根據區域協調發展的需要，可以開展協同立法。