Power of Supervision

Power of Supervision

Exercising supervision is an important function and power granted to the people’s congresses and their standing committees by the Constitution and the law. An important principle of the system of people’s congresses and a basic implication of this power is that any state organ and its functionaries must have their powers under checks and supervision.

The NPC and its Standing Committee exercise the following power of supervision:

• to organize inspections of law enforcement;

• to hear and review reports on the assigned work of relevant state organs; 

• to hear and review reports on the implementation of relevant plans and budgets, and audit reports, and review and approve final accounts; 

• to record and review the administrative regulations, local regulations, regulations on the exercise of autonomy, separate regulations, judicial interpretations, and other normative documents; 

• to conduct special inquiries and questioning and investigate special subjects.

行使监督权

监督权是宪法和法律赋予人大及其常委会的一项重要职权。人民代表大会制度的重要原则和制度设计的基本要求，就是任何国家机关及其工作人员的权力都要受到制约和监督。

全国人大及其常委会的监督工作主要包括：组织执法检查，对法律的实施情况进行检查监督；听取和审议有关国家机关专项工作报告；听取审议计划、预算的执行情况报告和审计工作报告，审查和批准决算等；对行政法规、地方性法规、自治条例和单行条例及司法解释等规范性文件进行备案审查；开展专题询问、质询、特定问题调查等。