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China will never copy Western political system: top legislator 
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Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo delivered a work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), or the top legislative body, at the second session of the 11th NPC Monday morning.



China will never copy the political system of Western countries, top legislator Wu Bangguo said Monday, calling on lawmakers to maintain the correct political orientation with the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) as the core.

"We must draw on the achievements of all cultures, including their political achievements, but we will never simply copy the Western model," said Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), in a work report at the annual NPC session.

In some unusual lengthy paragraphs, the top legislator discussed the "essential differences" between the people's congress, or the fundamental political system of China, and the political system of Western capitalist countries.

Wu stressed that the differences are very clear when comparing the people's congress with Western parliament, and the people's congress' relationship to the government, courts and procuratorates is not the same as that of the Western countries. In addition, there are basic differences between deputies to the people's congress and Western parliament members in their nature.

China adopts a system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC, not a Western-style multiparty system, which enables different parties to come into power in turn through elections, according to Wu.

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