Chapter IV
Local Organizations of the Party
Article 24. The Party congress of a province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, city divided into districts, autonomous prefecture, county (banner), autonomous county, city not divided into districts, or municipal district is held once every five years.
Local Party congresses are convened by the Party committees at the corresponding levels. Under extraordinary circumstances, they may be held before or after their normally scheduled dates upon approval by the next higher Party committees.
The number of delegates to the local Party congresses at any level and the procedure governing their election are determined by the Party committees at the corresponding levels and should be reported to the next higher Party committees for approval.
Article 25. The functions and powers of the local Party congresses at all levels are as follows:
1) To hear and examine the reports of the Party committees at the corresponding levels;
2) To hear and examine the reports of the commissions for discipline inspection at the corresponding levels;
3) To discuss and adopt resolutions on major issues in the given areas; and
4) To elect the Party committees and commissions for discipline inspection at the corresponding levels.
Article 26. The Party committee of a province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, city divided into districts, or autonomous prefecture is elected for a term of five years. The members and alternate members of such a committee must have a Party standing of five years or more.
The Party committee of a county (banner), autonomous county, city not divided into districts, or municipal district is elected for a term of five years. The members and alternate members of such a committee must have a Party standing of three years or more.
When local Party congresses at all levels are convened before or after their normally scheduled dates, the terms of the committees elected by the previous congresses shall be correspondingly shortened or extended.
The number of members and alternate members of the local Party committees at all levels shall be determined by the next higher committees. Vacancies on the local Party committees at all levels shall be filled by their alternate members in the order of the number of votes by which they were elected.
The local Party committees at all levels meet in plenary session at least twice a year.
The local Party committees at all levels shall, when the Party congresses of the given areas are not in session, carry out the directives of the next higher Party organizations and the resolutions of the Party congresses at the corresponding levels, direct work in their own areas and report on it to the next higher Party committees at regular intervals.
第四章 黨的地方組織
第二十四條 黨的省、自治區(qū)、直轄市的代表大會，設(shè)區(qū)的市和自治州的代表大會，縣（旗）、自治縣、不設(shè)區(qū)的市和市轄區(qū)的代表大會，每五年舉行一次。
黨的地方各級代表大會由同級黨的委員會召集。在特殊情況下，經(jīng)上一級委員會批準，可以提前或延期舉行。
黨的地方各級代表大會代表的名額和選舉辦法，由同級黨的委員會決定，并報上一級黨的委員會批準。
第二十五條 黨的地方各級代表大會的職權(quán)是：
（一）聽取和審查同級委員會的報告；
（二）聽取和審查同級紀律檢查委員會的報告；
（三）討論本地區(qū)范圍內(nèi)的重大問題并作出決議；
（四）選舉同級黨的委員會，選舉同級黨的紀律檢查委員會。
第二十六條 黨的省、自治區(qū)、直轄市、設(shè)區(qū)的市和自治州的委員會，每屆任期五年。這些委員會的委員和候補委員必須有五年以上的黨齡。
黨的縣（旗）、自治縣、不設(shè)區(qū)的市和市轄區(qū)的委員會，每屆任期五年。這些委員會的委員和候補委員必須有三年以上的黨齡。
黨的地方各級代表大會如提前或延期舉行，由它選舉的委員會的任期相應(yīng)地改變。
黨的地方各級委員會的委員和候補委員的名額，分別由上一級委員會決定。黨的地方各級委員會委員出缺，由候補委員按照得票多少依次遞補。
黨的地方各級委員會全體會議，每年至少召開兩次。
黨的地方各級委員會在代表大會閉會期間，執(zhí)行上級黨組織的指示和同級黨代表大會的決議，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)本地方的工作，定期向上級黨的委員會報告工作。
第二十七條 黨的地方各級委員會全體會議，選舉常務(wù)委員會和書記、副書記，并報上級黨的委員會批準。黨的地方各級委員會的常務(wù)委員會，在委員會全體會議閉會期間，行使委員會職權(quán)；在下屆代表大會開會期間，繼續(xù)主持經(jīng)常工作，直到新的常務(wù)委員會產(chǎn)生為止。
黨的地方各級委員會的常務(wù)委員會定期向委員會全體會議報告工作，接受監(jiān)督。
第二十八條 黨的地區(qū)委員會和相當于地區(qū)委員會的組織，是黨的省、自治區(qū)委員會在幾個縣、自治縣、市范圍內(nèi)派出的代表機關(guān)。它根據(jù)省、自治區(qū)委員會的授權(quán)，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)本地區(qū)的工作。
