Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress

Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress

西藏自治区人民代表大会
བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་མི་དམངས་འཐུས་མི་ཚོགས་ཆེན་།
12th Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Established1 September 1965
Leadership
Chairman
Losang Jamcan, CCP
January 15, 2017
Structure
CommitteesStanding Committee of the People's Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region
Website
www.xizangrd.gov.cn
Constitution
Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese西藏自治区人民代表大会
Traditional Chinese西藏自治區人民代表大會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīzàng Zìzhìqū Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Tibetan name
Tibetanབོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་མི་དམངས་འཐུས་མི་ཚོགས་ཆེན་།
Transcriptions
Wyliebod rang skyong ljongs mi dmangs 'thus mi tshogs chen

The People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region is the local people's congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Following decisions taken by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the regional government was officially announced during the first session of the Tibetan People's Congress in September 1965 in Lhasa.[1][2]

History

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the 1st session of the 1st Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress in 1965

On Sept. 8, 1965, the First session of the 1st Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress completed the election of the organs of self-government of the Tibet Autonomous Region and its leaders, and the formal establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[3] Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme is elected to be the chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[4]

Organization

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The organizational system of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region consists of the Presidium (Chinese: 主席团), the Specialized Committees (Chinese: 专门委员会) and the Standing Committee (Chinese: 常务委员会). The Executive Chairman of the Presidium presides over the meetings of the TAR People's Congress and the meetings of the Presidium.[5]

Presidium

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At each meeting of the TAR People's Congress, a number of chairmen are elected to form the Bureau, which presides over the work of the meeting. The members of the Presidium elect from among themselves a number of persons as Standing Chairpersons, who preside over the day-to-day business of the session. The TAR People's Congress shall have a Secretary-General and a number of Deputy Secretaries-General. The Secretary-General shall be nominated by the Bureau and adopted by the Assembly. The deputy secretaries-general are decided by the Bureau. The Secretary-General directs the work of the Secretariat and is responsible for the affairs of the Assembly.[6]

Specialized Committees

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Specialized committees are subject to the leadership of the people's congresses of the Tibet Autonomous Region; when the congresses are not in session, they are subject to the leadership of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[7] Under the leadership of the TAR People's Congress and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, the specialized committee study, deliberate and formulate relevant bills; they conduct investigations and research and make recommendations on issues within the competence of the TAR People's Congress and the Standing Committee of the TAR People's Congress which are of relevance to the committees.[8]

Standing Committee

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See also: Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress

The Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress is a standing organ of the TAR People's Congress, is responsible to the TAR People's Congress and reports on its work and meets at least once every two months.[9]

Chairpersons of the Standing Committee

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Name Took office Left office
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme August 1979 April 1981
Yang Dongsheng April 1981 February 1983
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme February 1983 January 1993
Raidi January 1993 May 2003
Legqog May 2003 15 January 2010
Qiangba Puncog 15 January 2010 29 January 2013
Padma Choling 29 January 2013 15 January 2017
Losang Jamcan 15 January 2017 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Progress in Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region". Permanent Mission of the People's Republic Of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations In Switzerland. February 1998. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ Jiawei, Wang; Gyaincain, Nyima. "View of The Historical Status of China's Tibet (part 7). Chapter X: Tibet Institutes Regional National Autonomy and Needs No "Self-Determination"". www.bpastudies.org. Business and Public Administration Studies Journal. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  3. ^ China. 国务院; China. 国务院. 办公厅 (1998). 中华人民共和国国务院公報 (in Chinese). 中华人民共和国国务院办公厅. p. 282. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  4. ^ 等贺新元 (2015). 和平解放以来民族政策西藏实践绩效研究 (in Chinese). Social Sciences Literature Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-7-5097-7163-1. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  5. ^ "西藏自治区人大机关2021年度部门决算_西藏自治区人民政府". 西藏自治区人民政府 (in Chinese). 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  6. ^ "中华人民共和国地方各级人民代表大会和地方各级人民政府组织法_滚动新闻_中国政府网". 中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 (in Chinese). 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  7. ^ "人民代表大会简介_国家制度_中国政府网". 中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 (in Chinese). 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  8. ^ "西藏自治区人民代表大会代表建议、批评和意见办理工作条例_中国共产党西藏自治区委员会". 中国共产党西藏自治区委员会. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  9. ^ China. 全国人民代表大会. 常务委员会. 办公厅. 硏究室 (2000). 地方人大20年. 地方人大 20年 (in Chinese). 中国民主法制出版社. p. 5. ISBN 978-7-80078-314-2. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

Further reading

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