If someone steals in China, he/she may be sentenced to public surveillance as the least serious penalty or life imprisonment as the most serious penalty, depending on the seriousness of the crime he/she commits.
Deputies to the NPC shall be elected by the people's congresses of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and by the People's Liberation Army.
Chinese voters can elect deputies to the primary people's congresses, and the people's congresses can elect their heads at the same level and deputies to people's congresses at the next higher level, while the President of the State is elected by the National People's Congress.