Summary
The 2nd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1959 to 1964.[1] It held four sessions in this period.
2nd National People's Congress | |
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 National Emblem of the People's Republic of China | |
| 18 April 1959 – 21 December 1964 (5 years, 247 days) Overview | |
| Type | Highest organ of state power |
| Election | National elections |
| Leadership | |
| Chairman | Zhu De |
| Vice Chairmen | Lin Boqu, Li Jishen, Luo Ronghuan, Shen Junru, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Peng Zhen, Li Weihan, Chen Shutong, Tenzin Gyatso, Saifuddin Azizi, Cheng Qian, Choekyi Gyaltsen, He Xiangning, Liu Bocheng, and Lin Feng |
| Secretary-General | Peng Zhen |
| Standing Committee | 80 (2nd) |
| Members | |
| Total | 1,235 members |
| 2nd National People's Congress | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 第二屆全國人民代表大會 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 第二届全国人民代表大会 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 第二屆全國人大 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 第二届全国人大 | ||||||
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Background edit
Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in February 1959, finished all the preparatory work for selection of deputies, which were voted by representatives of the provincial legislatures and the city legislatures of the then two Direct-administered municipalities of China: Beijing and Shanghai. The elections were held in accordance with the 1953 Electoral Law.
Seat distribution edit
| Major party | Chairman | Seats | |
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| Chinese Communist Party | Mao Zedong | 1,047 | |
| Other Parties | Chairperson | Seats | |
| Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party | Ji Fang | 179 | |
| Jiusan Society | Xu Deheng | ||
| China Democratic League | Shen Junru | ||
| China Association for Promoting Democracy | Zhou Jianren | ||
| China National Democratic Construction Association | Huang Yanpei | ||
| Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | Li Jishen He Xiangning | ||
| Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League | Vacant | ||
| China Zhi Gong Party | Chen Qiyou | ||
| Independents | N/A | ||
The first session edit
The first session was held in 18-28 April 1959. During the first session, Mao Zedong relinquished his role as chairman of the People's Republic to Liu Shaoqi.[2] The Congress elected the state leaders:
- Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Liu Shaoqi
- Vice Chairmen of the People's Republic of China: Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
- Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Zhu De
- Premier of the State Council: Zhou Enlai
- President of the Supreme People's Court: Xie Juezai
- Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Dingcheng
References edit
- ^ Harvard University Center for International Affairs; Center, Harvard University East Asian Research (1962). Communist China 1955-1959: Policy Documents with Analysis. Harvard University Press. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-674-14900-7.
- ^ Ang, Cheng Guan (1997-01-01). Vietnamese Communists' Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956-1962. McFarland. pp. 102–110. ISBN 978-0-7864-0404-9.
External links edit
- (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC
- Second Session of the Second National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (Documents). AMS Press; Foreign Languages Press. 1973 [1960]. ISBN 0-404-56907-2. LCCN 79-38053. OCLC 579866.