(Adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Standing¹ Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on October 27, 2004)

颁布日期：20041027 　实施日期：20041027 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

　　At its 12th Meeting, the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress made the following decision: In accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of the Amendment² to the Constitution of the people's Republic of China, the term of office of the people's congresses of townships, nationality townships and towns shall be changed from three years to five years. The standing committees of the people's congresses of the provinces, autonomous³ regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in accordance with the concrete conditions of their own administrative⁴ areas and the principle that the re-election of the deputies to the people's congresses at the county and township levels shall be conducted simultaneously⁵, arrange the re-election of the deputies to the people's congresses at the county and township levels within their own administrative areas between July 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007.