ABSTRACT
This chapter examines key influential institutions of the legislation, including the National People’s Congress (NPC), the administration, the media and scholars. “Law making constitutes one of the fundamental functions of any society and touches up such important issues such as the trias politica and the relationship between politics and law as well as between policy and law.” The NPC is the highest-ranking organ in the Chinese state system. Outside of plenary meetings, the NPC functions through its committees. The supremacy of the party was expressed through the continued role of party committees across the judicial system and in particular the role of party secretaries in chairing the Adjudication Committees in the People’s Courts that review and approve judicial appointments and decisions. More resources will generate more problems that need to be addressed, all of which lead to proposals to amend criminal law and criminal procedure law.
