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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Deputies for the NPC are chosen by local people's congresses, so that even before the NPC met at the great Hall of the people, a great deal of activity had already been going on at the local levels.

地方民众代表大会选择NPC的代表，以便甚至在NPC在民众大会堂开会之前，很多活动一直在本地水准进行。

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Several Hong Kong NPC deputies shelved plans to raise the issue when China's legislature meets this month.

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The Beijing News also welcomes calls by CPPCC and NPC deputies to quit smoking and remove ashtrays from meeting halls or at least smoke outside.

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Some deputies also worried that Li would be less sympathetic to the NPC's evolution into a more independent body than was his predecessor.

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