The system of people’s congresses is an important institutional vehicle for realizing the whole-process people’s democracy in China. The publishing house has planned and published a set of “General Knowledge of the System of People’s Congresses” suitable for the general public to read. It clearly explains China’s fundamental political system and its connection with every citizen in a vivid and amiable language, enabling truly orderly political participation. This book is the general introduction of the series. It ranges from the arduous exploration of our Party to the historical account of the establishment, implementation, development, and improvement of the system, and then to the core essence, spiritual substance, and main content of the system of people’s congresses as the fundamental political system. It uses 19 questions to outline the organizational system of the people’s congress, the representative-election system, the system for deputies of the people’s congress to perform their duties and the guarantee system, the election, appointment and removal system of the people’s congress, the legislative system of the people’s congress, the conference system of the people’s congress, and so on.