10th National People's Congress

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10th National People's Congress
  9th
11th  
5 March 2003 – 5 March 2008
(5 years, 0 days)
Overview
Type Highest organ of state power
Election National elections
Leadership
Chairman Wu Bangguo
Vice Chairmen Wang Zhaoguo, Li Tieying, Ismail Amat, He Luli, Ding Shisun, Cheng Siwei, Xu Jialu, Jiang Zhenghua, Gu Xiulian, Raidi, Sheng Huaren, Lu Yongxiang, Uyunqimg, Han Qide, and Michael Fu Tieshan
Secretary-General Sheng Huaren
Standing Committee175 (10th)
Members
Total2,985 members
10th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese 第十屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese 第十届全国人民代表大会

The 10th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress.

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Seat distribution

Major partyGeneral SecretarySeats
Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao 2,178
Other PartiesChairpersonSeats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Jiang Zhenghua 480
Jiusan Society Han Qide
China Democratic League Ding Shisun
Jiang Shusheng
China Association for Promoting Democracy Xu Jialu
China National Democratic Construction Association Cheng Siwei
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang He Luli
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Zhang Kehui
Lin Wenyi
China Zhi Gong Party Luo Haocai
Independents N/A

The first Session

The Congress held its first plenary session from March 5–18, 2003 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. [1]

Election results

Elections to the Congress were held from October 2002 to February 2003, the first including deputies representing Macau. These deputies elected the following:

Presidential ElectionVice-Presidential Election
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Hu Jintao Check mark.svg 2,93743 Zeng Qinghong Check mark.svg 2,578177190
CMC Chairmanship ElectionPremiership Nomination
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Jiang Zemin Check mark.svg 2,72698122 Wen Jiabao Check mark.svg 2,906316

The second Session

The Congress held its second annual meeting from March 5–14, 2004 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The third Session

The Congress held its third annual meeting from March 5–14, 2005 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The fourth Session

The Congress held its fourth annual meeting from March 5–15, 2006 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The fifth Session

The Congress held its fifth annual meeting from March 5 to March 15, 2007, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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References

  1. 历届全国人大会议 (in Chinese). National People's Congress. Retrieved February 26, 2018.