(ExcerptsfromLocalLegislativeOutreachOffices:AVividExampleofWholeProcessPeople’sDemocracyinChinabyLegislativeAffairsCommissionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople’sCongress,QiushiJournal,No。02,2022) 基层立法联系点概念 Conceptoflocallegislativeoutreachoffices(LLOOs) 基层立法联系点是立足基层人民群众直接参与国家立法的民主立法形式,成为除网上公布法律草案向社会公众征求意见、向部门和地方发函征求意见,以及立法调研、座谈会、听证会、论证会等形式之外的新的群众有序参与国家立法的有效形式,并初步形成国家级、省级、设区的市(自治州)级基层立法联系点三级联动的工作体系。 LLOOshaveemergedasanewdemocraticlegislativeformatbasedondirectparticipationoflocalpeopleinnationallegislation。Inadditiontopublishingdraftlawsonlinetosolicitopinionsfromthepublic,sendingletterstodepartmentsandlocalitiesfortheirviews,andconductingotherformsoflegislativeresearch,symposiums,hearings,andargumentations,LLOOshavebecomeaneweffectiveorganizationforenablingorderlypublicparticipationinnationallegislation。AthreetiersystemofLLOOsiscurrentlybeingsetup,atthenationalandprovinciallevelsaswellasthelevelofcitiespidedintodistrictsorautonomousprefectures。