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Summary

National People's Congress

Supreme People's Court

Central Military Commission

State Council

Supreme People's Procuratorate

President of the People's Republic of China

The Constitution of the PRC stipulates that the country's central State organs comprise six components: the National People's Congress (NPC), the Presidency of the PRC, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

The five organs-the Presidency of the PRC, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate-are formed by the NPC, and are responsible to the NPC and its Standing Committee.