9th_National_People's_Congress

9th National People's Congress

9th National People's Congress

Chinese legislative session (1998–2003)

The 9th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress.

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Background

This was the first congress in which deputies were elected representing the Hong Kong SAR and the new directly administered city of Chongqing.

Elections were held from October 1997 to February 1998 by the 22 provincial and 5 autonomous regional legislatures, as well as the city legislatures of the four directly administered municipalities, which elected their deputies to the NPC.

Seat distribution

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The first session

Elected state leaders

  • President of the People's Republic of China: Jiang Zemin
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Li Peng
  • Premier of the State Council: Zhu Rongji
  • Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Jiang Zemin
  • President of the Supreme People's Court: Xiao Yang
  • Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Han Zhubin

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