ISSUES REGULATIONS FOR REORGANIZATION OF REGIONAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2011
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• Publication Date: February 6, 1950
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I8fi0B8 RBGULATIOlI5 POR RSCRGAHIZATIOB
OF REGIOAAL PEOPL~S'S GOVERNMENTS
These regulationF are alrplicable to the regional rl~ilitary and political
councils, and xere adopted 16 December 14x?9, at the 11th Administrative Cession
of the Administration Council of the Central People's Government Cotm^.il.
Article 1
The 3eglonal Peoples Government Council (Jan-min cheng-1'u xei-yuar-hui)
of each large administrative region (ta being cheng =hu) shall make a draft
of the r^gulations for the organization of the regional iovernment in accord
x!th the pFcvisions of these r:?gu].etions an3 in the light of ].oval conditions,
gad submit them to the Administration Council for ~rovisionesl] approval. After
the provisional regulations have been given a trial for s suitable period, they
should be aul+Ritted again, xith proposes amendments, to the Admi'{~istratioa
Council ~r C~~ approval. During the period immedistxly 'Lolloxing libera-
tion, a regional) M'_litary and Political Covncil (chnn cheng xei-yuan??hui)
shall be formed io enforce military control an3 establish the revolutionary
order. The form cif organization, P;u~ctions, and powers oY each comrnissione
shall be consonant xith these regulations.
Article 2 '
The Regional. Ml~.i~ary sad Political Council shall be appoirr.sd by the
Central :rsople's Government Council upon th> request of the i.dminietration
Jouncil. When conditions permit, a conference of all-circles delegates shall
be convened to exercise the functions and powers of the Regional People's
Governmeut Council, and to bring in co being the R~giarsi Pecple's Government
Council. ?
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of furmally electing the Regional People's Government Council. After the
formation of this Regional Pecgle's Govexzmzent Council he.s been consummated,
if and xhen military operations have been ~,erminated, land reforn has
been thoroughly accomplished,_and the people of ail classes have a fully.
organized administration in their re~iou, then a general election should be
one grade higher than the provinces (and municipalities) under its control,
end is the agency through which the Administration Council of the Central.
People's Go?ernment Council operates for the guidance of the vorg. of local ;.
.Article 4
2. Formulate, fnr provisional enforcement, orders pertaining +,o loct-1
government affairs and report same to i:.c .Administration Council for approval
and record:
3. Initiate requests for the appointment or dismissal of the folloxing
cl..ssee of officials, for action or approval by the Administration Council,
or 'or transmission by the .Administration Council to the Central People's
Go~arnment l;ounci). for apprcvzl:
-. P?1 cffi:iels cf _ ^i^~l nnyarnmunra .~{t', the N_xral,tinn of the
chairman,uvice-chairmen [ind membersnof th4 council, as pree:ribed in Article 1,
Sections 2 and 3, of the provisi~na.l regulations of the Administretion Council
of the Cen+,~t Peop?a's Government nox in effect.
ti. All off icisls prescribed in Article 2, Section 3, of the provisional
regult~Lions mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
4. Appoi:~t an3 dismiss, or approve the appointment or dismissal of, all
important executi~re officers, ether than those specified is Paragraph 3 above,
for the provinces and municipalities under its control.
5. Prepare and submit to the central authorities for approval the initial
draft and revised form of the annual budget .cr the regional government, in
conformity xith the provi.eiens of the national budget; examine and approve
the budgets of the provinces and municipsl?.ties under its control, and trans-
mit the approved budgets to the centrsl authorities for acceptance.
6. Anita; coordinrte, and guide 'the organization and operations of the
several commissions, departments, bureaus, and outer offices of all grades
under its control.
7. liirect the operations of the people's governments of all the provinces,
municipalities, hsiens, an3 local districts under its control.
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The relationships of zach Regional People's Government Council t-o the work
oP its superioa and subordinate organs are >;r?escribed .~s follows:
government should co?unlcste in advance with the administration Council for
ixistnictions, and afterward report on outcomes.
2. A17. general orders s.nd announcements to the country as a whole,
or instructions to a particular province or district issued by the Central
Peopic's Government Council or by 'cue Ad;~inistration Council, shall be trans-
muted 1i;r the Regional People's Goverment to the various provinces, mtanici-
3. In case of inouiries and replies on special problems, .the Central
People's Gevez7rment and a province ar-municipality may have direct communica-
tion with each other, bu.t in such cases, copies of the communications eha~il
bc: supplied to the Regional People's Government for their information.
+~. The subbsidiary unii.s of Lae Cer.trai People's Government, within the
scope of predetermined policies and g].a.ns, and with respect to operational
matters or technical guidance; may have writter. communicetion with the R_g~.ona1
People's Government Council. or its subsidiary units; and the Regional People's
Government Co.rn~i1 or its subsidiary units, within the same limits as above,
may petition or requee.t instruc+,ions from a subsidiary unit of the central
goverment; but copies of a.'1 such communications, though not of general
concern to all *,he units shn].L be s:~ppiid to the Regional People's Goverrnment
vouncil.
A. ~icle 6
A Regional People's Government Council shall be composed of s, chairman,
sous-R1 vice-chairmen and a number of councilors. The chairman shall pre-
side at .:?~~ delibe?ations of the ceunc...l~re and direct the wo~h of iha R~gaanal
People's Government Council. ",'he vice-chairmen shall assist the chairman
i.n the exPCUtion of his duties.
Article "'
The Regional People's Government Co?~ci]s should establish such sutai-
diary organs of government as az?e required for the 3lscharge of their functions.
:t has boon &er.ided, in princiv].e, that ~Liic.i. rhall corcist of the following:
1. With respect to executive and ,judicial ma.,ters, there should be a
Department of Civil Affairs, a Department of Fublic Security and a Department
of Justice. Where there are many mat*.ers pertaining to people of diverse nation-
alities or races, a Nationalities Affairs Commission may be created, eith:r ae
an independent commission, or under the Department of Civil Affairs.
2. Wit1~ respect to financia~ and economic affairs, there should be a
Finance and Economics Commission, anc depax?tments and bureaus to deal with
fiscal administration, industry, trade, commi.nicat:ons, agriculture and forestry,
water conservancy, cooperatives, and labor.
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6. Each Regional People's Government should establish a People's
and other cultural ~nterprise~s which can .best be handled naticros?ly, shall
all be managed directlyy by th=_ Central.Per~ple's rnvernment, frith the guidance
lions should be eat vp.
manta and/or bureaus cf' cult,u?e and education, health, and news and publ.ica-
forced,-and either Departments, boreaus or subsidiary offices of cult~.u~e
and education, health, and news and publications established under it.
In regions where no Gommirsion of Culture and Education is formed, 3epart-
Government, will manage them directly, with, the guidance of the Regional
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c.s c-rdered by the Feonle's Revoluti.o;? Military Affairs Co~xncil, and iunctiening
under the leadership of the'People's Revolution Military Affaire Council with
the guidance of the P.egiona.l Feeple's Gover[mtent.
g~-}.irle
There shall be estatlisiied in the territory of each Regional, People's
Government a branch of the Supreme People's Court, and n branch of the Supreme
Peoroie's Prosecutor's Office.
Article 10
Each Regional People's Government shall have one seer?t~,r!-general, and
several deputy secretaries-general,?to be neminxted by the chairman of the
8egional Government for aF~pointmeuc by the central authorities. The se.:retary-
genersl shall receive his orders fpm the chairman and be re~aponsible for the
transaction of routine business. The deputy secretaries-general sha]1 assiet
the secretary-general in the discharge of his duties.
Frticl.e 11
Each regional PeoF.le's Government Council steal?. est4'+lish adminiairative
offices whose functions shall be under the direction of the secretary-general.
Article 12
The subsidiary agencies establlsh~d by a Regional People's Governmznt Coun_il
shall have the Following officers: each commission shr_11 have a chairman, each
dn_art.Zent eA.sll have a chief (pu-ahang), eacr committee shall have a chairman
(cnu-~enj, each err?.ee (ch~u} snail nave a chief (cn'u-cuna~r} a.,u =ac: :i.'aei^-^-
(ahih) shall have a chief (shik.-changl.
Jnder each bureau, office, and 3lvision there may be groups (tau) and
sections (k'o}, ee.ch with q chief. In the case of each chairman, director,
or chief mentioned above, there shall be a vice officer or deputy chief. C.~dex
the gro~~,s end sections, c'her workers ma; be assigned to various duties as
required.
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The Regional People's Government Ccnncil shall hold deliberative eessione
once s~very 3 months when full attendance ie expected. These se..sions shall
be convened by the chaixman. Ee may advance or postpone the dste of meeting
aocora33ag to the reQeds of the situation, or upon the request of more than one
third of the eouaci.7.ors~: The at2andance of more than crbe Yaa1P the number o4'
councilors is squired for the holding oY a meeting. An afY'iimative vote of
more then one half of the number of councilors present at a meeting is required
Article 14
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