Top legislator warns of chaos unless correct path is taken
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Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, walks to the podium to deliver a work report of the top legislature in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.[Photo/China Daily] |
The country's top legislator on Thursday warned of a possible "abyss of internal disorder" if China strays from the "correct political orientation".
China will never adopt a multiparty revolving-door system or other Western-style political models, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said while delivering a work report.
The establishment of a socialist law system, with Chinese characteristics, institutionally and legally ensures the country stays on the right path, he told about 3,000 NPC deputies.
"On the basis of China's conditions, we've made a solemn declaration that we'll not employ a system of multiple parties holding office in rotation," he said.
He ruled out the possibility of separating executive, legislative and judicial powers, adopting a bicameral or federal system, and said privatization was not under consideration.
"Following our own path and building socialism with Chinese characteristics is ... the only correct road to development and progress for our country," Wu said.
"If we waver (from the correct political orientation and major issues of principle, such as the fundamental system of the State), the achievements gained thus far in development will be lost and it is possible the country could sink into the abyss of internal disorder," he said.
So far, China has enacted 239 laws, over 690 administrative regulations and more than 8,600 local statutes, covering every area of economic, political, cultural, social and ecological development.
