{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.chairman-of-the-standing-committee-of-the-national-people-s-","code":"thing-q3408540","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3408540/","name":"Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is the elected presiding officer of the permanent body of China's national legislature, a constitutional office distinct from its holder and from the Standing Committee collectively.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify this specific national legislative office, assess evidence of its occupancy and authority, and determine which actions require 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