Background
The Secretariat-General of the National Assembly provides administrative, procedural and technical support to parliamentary operations, including drafting session agendas, managing legislative documentation, and coordinating committee activities. Internal administrative structures assign formal responsibilities across directorates and units to prevent task duplication and maintain continuous legislative workflow.
Recent internal reform work focuses on aligning the Secretariat’s organizational design with digital administration practices and on matching staff skills to institutional functions. Planned changes emphasize clear duty allocation, adoption of electronic document management and online workflows, and targeted placement of civil servants to specialised roles under the motto of putting the right person in the right job.
Key Developments
On 13 July 2026 at the National Assembly, Secretary-General Leng Penglong convened a follow-up meeting to review and amend the Secretariat-General’s organizational structure. Attendees included the deputy secretary-general, deputy directors, department heads and other technical officials who discussed overlap in responsibilities and the need to modernise procedures to reflect digital technology.
Participants reviewed past operational gaps and exchanged opinions on structural changes; the meeting concluded with a decision to prepare an official draft amendment for submission to senior National Assembly leadership for review and decision in the near future.
Institutional Role
The Secretariat-General will use the revised structure to support core parliamentary functions such as legislative drafting, parliamentary diplomacy and monitoring law implementation by clarifying which directorates hold responsibility for each function. The reform effort is framed as an internal governance exercise that reallocates staff roles and unit responsibilities rather than the creation of new external institutions.
Operational Implications
Operational changes from the restructure are expected to reduce duplication of tasks by making reporting lines and functional boundaries explicit across departments and units. The move toward e-administration aims to decrease paper-based processes, accelerate information transmission, and enable online completion of administrative workflows within the Secretariat-General.
