Sansha to elect municipal legislative body   

三沙市政权组建正式启动 首届人大代表名额60名

7月17日上午，海南省第四届人民代表大会常务委员会第三十二次会议实到委员全票通过了《海南省人大常委会关于成立三沙市人民代表大会筹备组的决定》。海南省人大常委会副主任、法制委员会主任毕志强表示，这标志着三沙市的政权组建正式启动。

Haikou (CNS) -- On July 17 the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress approved the set up of an organizing committee for the legislative body of Sansha, the newly established prefectural-level city.

The Standing Committee of the Sansha Municipal People's Congress will have fifteen members, and sixty deputies to the municipal people's congress will be elected directly by citizens.

The city's mayor, vice mayor, president of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, and procurator of the People's Procuratorate of Sansha City will be elected at the first session of the Municipal People's Congress.

The State Council approved the establishment of Sansha last June. The prefecture level city administers the Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha island groups and their surrounding waters in the South China Sea.