There is a substantial difference between motions submitted to a session of the National People's Congress (NPC) and proposals to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

全国人民代表大会提交的议案与全国人民政治协商会议提交的提案是有很大区别的。

The difference lies in that as the NPC is the country's top legislature, an NPC motion becomes legally binding when it is adopted; while a proposal to the CPPCC National Committee, the top advisory body, is not legally binding whether it is adopted or not.

人民代表大会是我国的最高立法机构，人大议案一经通过便具有法律约束力；而政协全国委员会是执政协商机构，提交上来的提案无论通过与否都不具有法律约束力。

NPC motions are submitted by NPC deputies or relevant departments to the NPC.According to the Organic Law of the NPC and NPC rules for the discharging of its duties, a motion on issues within the power of the NPC can be raised by the presidium of the NPC, the NPC Standing Committee, special committees of the NPC, the State Council, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, a provincial-level delegation (of deputies) to the NPC, or a group of at least 30 NPC deputies.

全国人民代表大会的议案，是全国人民代表大会代表及有关部门向全国人民代表大会提出的议事原案。根据《全国人大组织法》和《全国人大议事规则》的规定，全国人民代表大会主席团、全国人大常委会、全国人大各专门委员会、国务院、中央军委、最高人民法院、最高人民检察院，以及一个代表团或者30名以上的代表联名，可以向全国人民代表大会提出属于全国人大职权范围内的议案。

Members of the CPPCC put forward proposals to offer comments and suggestions on major political and social issues of the country to people's congresses and the government via the CPPCC.For the presentation of a proposal, there is no restriction on timing, scope and number of sponsoring members.

政协提案是政协委员向人民政协组织，并通过政协组织向人民代表大会或人民政府就有关国家或地方大政方针、社会生活等重大问题提出意见和建议的形式。政协提案实行提出提案的时间不限、内容不限、人数不限的“三不限制”原则。

来源：中国日报网英语点津  编辑：马原 许银娟