Q&A: What to know about NPC in China's democracy

BEIJING -- Close to 3,000 deputies — ranging from farmers to state leaders — are in Beijing for the third session of the 14th National People's Congress, the country's national legislature, which opened on Wednesday. Election of NPC deputies According to the electoral law, deputies to county- and township-level people's congresses are directly elected by voters, while deputies to people's congresses above the county level are elected by deputies at the next lower level. NPC deputies are elected by people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. The number of NPC deputies elected by the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the methods for their elections shall be prescribed separately by the NPC, according to the electoral law.