Aside from nominating NPC deputies a local people's congress elects a standing committee of its own to carry out the duties of the congress when it is not in session.

除了提名NPC为代表本地民众代表大会选举它自己的一个常务委员会进行代表大会的职责，当它不开庭时。

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In other Hong Kong news, Ming Pao warns that Qiao Xiaoyang, chairman of the NPC Law Committee, risks forcing people onto the streets in protest after he stated that a nomination committee will be responsible for endorsing candidates ahead of Hong Kong chief executive elections in 2017.

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However, Hong Kong is part of China, which has a civil-law system, under which the ultimate power of interpretation is vested in the NPC's Standing Committee (SC).

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Lang Sheng, deputy head of the NPC's law committee, said further anti-corruption legislation would be one of the focal points of the congress's work in the coming years.

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