A local people ' s congress at or above the county level and its standing committee exercise supervision over the budget and final accounts of the governments at the corresponding and lower levels 县级以上地方各级人民代表大会及其常务委员会对本级和下级政府预算、决算进行监督。
When a local people ' s congress at or above the county level meets , it shall propose a number of deputy secretaries - general ; the choice of deputy secretaries - general shall be decided by the presidium 县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会会议设副秘书长若干人；副秘书长的人选由主席团决定。
Article 54 local people ' s governments at various levels shall be the executive organs of the local people ' s congresses at the corresponding levels ; they shall be the local organs of state administration 第五十四条地方各级人民政府是地方各级人民代表大会的执行机关，是地方各级国家行政机关。
Among deputies to the national people ' s congress and local people ' s congresses at various levels , there shall be an appropriate number of women deputies , and the proportion thereof shall be raised gradually 全国人民代表大会和地方各级人民代表大会的代表中，应当有适当数量的妇女代表，并逐步提高妇女代表的比例。
The standing committee of a local people s congress at and above the county level is composed of a chairman , vice - chairmen and members , and is responsible , and reports on its work , to the people s congress at the corresponding level 第一百零三条县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会常务委员会由主任副主任若干人和委员若干人组成，对本级人民代表大会负责并报告工作。
Article 103 the standing committee of a local people ' s congress at and above the county level is composed of a chairman , vice - chairmen and members , and is responsible and reports on its work to the people ' s congress at the corresponding level 第一百零三条县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会常务委员会由主任、副主任若干人和委员若干人组成，对本级人民代表大会负责并报告工作。
Article 42 the standing committee of a local people ' s congress at or above the county level shall have the same term of office as that people ' s congress and shall exercise its functions and powers until a new standing committee is elected by the succeeding people ' s congress at the same level 第四十二条县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会常务委员会每届任期同本级人民代表大会每届任期相同，它行使职权到下届本级人民代表大会选出新的常务委员会为止。
Article 19 suggestions , criticisms and complaints on any aspect of work put forward by deputies to a local people ' s congress at or above the county level to that people ' s congress and its standing committee shall be referred by the administrative office of the standing committee to the departments and organizations concerned for consideration , disposition and reply 第十九条县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会代表向本级人民代表大会及其常务委员会提出的对各方面工作的建议、批评和意见，由本级人民代表大会常务委员会的办事机构交有关机关和组织研究处理并负责答复。
