人民政協的性質和職責

中國人民政治協商會議（簡稱“人民政協”），是中國人民愛國統一戰線的組織，是中國共產黨領導的多黨合作和政治協商的重要機構。人民政協由中國共產黨、各民主黨派、無黨派民主人士、人民團體、各民族和各界的代表，臺灣同胞、港澳同胞和歸國僑胞的代表以及特別邀請的人士組成。
??? The CPPCC is a patriotic united front organization of the Chinese people, serving as a key mechanism for multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and a major manifestation of socialist democracy. At present, the CPPCC consists of representatives of the CPC and non-Communist parties, personages without party affiliation, and representatives of people's organizations, ethnic minorities and various social strata. It also has the representation of compatriots of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, returned overseas Chinese, and specially invited people.

人民政協的主要職能是政治協商和民主監督，組織參加政協的各黨派、團體和各族各界人士參政議政。政治協商是對國家和地方的大政方針以及政治、經濟、文化和社會生活中的重要問題在決策之前進行協商和就決策執行過程中的重要問題進行協商。
??? The main functions of the CPPCC are to conduct political consultation, exercise democratic supervision and participate in the discussion and the handling of state affairs. Political consultation covers major principles and policies proposed by the central and local governments and matters of importance concerning political, economic, cultural and social affairs.

民主監督是對國家憲法、法律和法規的實施，重大方針政策的貫徹執行，國家機關及其工作人員的工作，通過建議和批評進行監督。參政議政是政治協商、民主監督的拓展和延伸，是組織參加政協的各黨派、各團體和各族各界人士以多種形式參與國家政治生活的概括性表述。
??? Democratic supervision means to exercise, by means of offering suggestion and criticism, supervision over the implementation of the Constitution, other laws, regulations and major policies, and over the work of government agencies and their functionaries. Participation in discussing and handling state affairs means to organize CPPCC members of various parties, people's organizations, people of various ethnic minorities and other social groups to take part in the country's political, economic, cultural and social activities in whatever way they think fit.

（來源：中國網，編輯 Helen）