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Specialization without Autonomy: aniInformational approach to the development of permanent committees in China’s national people’s congress / Chang, Chun-chih; Chao, Chien-min   Journal Article
Chao, Chien-min Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract This article attempts to discover whether the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s law-making body, is becoming more specialized and thereby losing its rubber-stamp image. The exploration of the composition of the NPC’s permanent committees demonstrates that specialization is indeed a discernible trend. More and more social elites have been co-opted onto them. The empirical results further attest to the usefulness of the information efficiency theory. Unfortunately, specialization has yet to give the Chinese legislature more autonomy. Only 30% of committee members are privileged to serve more than one five-year term. The influence of the Party-state core and the lack of membership stability have put additional restraints on the NPC’s autonomy.
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