Article 99 Local people’s congresses at various levels ensure the observance and implementation of the Constitution and the law and the administrative rules and regulations in their respective administrative areas. Within the limits of their authority as prescribed by law, they adopt and issue resolutions and examine and decide on plans for local economic and cultural development and for the development of public services.

　　縣級以上的地方各級人民代表大會審查和批準(zhǔn)本行政區(qū)域內(nèi)的國民經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會發(fā)展計劃、預(yù)算以及它們的執(zhí)行情況的報告；有權(quán)改變或者撤銷本級人民代表大會常務(wù)委員會不適當(dāng)?shù)臎Q定。

　　Local people’s congresses at and above the county level shall examine and approve the plans for economic and social development and the budgets of their respective administrative areas and examine and approve the reports on their implementation. They have the power to alter or annul inappropriate decisions of their own standing committees.

　　民族鄉(xiāng)的人民代表大會可以依照法律規(guī)定的權(quán)限采取適合民族特點的具體措施。

　　The people’s congresses of nationality townships may, within the limits of their authority as prescribed by law, take specific measures suited to the characteristics of the nationalities concerned.

　　第一百條 省、直轄市的人民代表大會和它們的常務(wù)委員會，在不同憲法、法律、行政法規(guī)相抵觸的前提下，可以制定地方性法規(guī)，報全國人民代表大會常務(wù)委員會備案。

　　Article 100 The people’s congresses of provinces and municipalities directly under the Central Government and their standing committees may adopt local regulations, which must not contravene the Constitution and the law and administrative rules and regulations, and they shall report such local regulations to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for the record.

　　第一百零一條 地方各級人民代表大會分別選舉并且有權(quán)罷免本級人民政府的省長和副省長、市長和副市長、縣長和副縣長、區(qū)長和副區(qū)長、鄉(xiāng)長和副鄉(xiāng)長、鎮(zhèn)長和副鎮(zhèn)長。

　　Article 101 Local people’s congresses at their respective levels elect and have the power to recall governors and deputy governors, or mayors and deputy mayors, or heads and deputy heads of counties, districts, townships and towns.