4th National People's Congress

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4th National People's Congress

第四届全国人民代表大会
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13 January 1975 – 26 February 1978
(3 years, 44 days)
Overview
Type Highest organ of state power
Election Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman Zhu De
(until 6 July 1976)
Vice Chairmen Dong Biwu (until 2 April 1975), Soong Ching-ling, Kang Sheng (until 16 December 1975), Liu Bocheng, Wu De, Wei Guoqing, Saifuddin Azizi, Guo Moruo, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Chen Yun, Tan Zhenlin, Li Jingquan, Zhang Dingcheng, Cai Chang, Ulanhu, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Zhou Jianren, Xu Deheng, Hu Juewen, Li Suwen, and Yao Lianwei
Secretary-General Ji Pengfei
Standing Committee168 (4th)
Members
Total2,864 members
4th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese 第四屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese 第四届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Dìsì Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

The 4th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1975 to 1978. It held only one session, in January 1975, despite the Constitution mandating a session be held each year. There were 2864 deputies to this Congress.

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Seat distribution

Major partySeats
Chinese Communist Party 2,615
Other PartiesSeats
Independents 270

The first session

The first session passed the 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. [1] The offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman were abolished at the suggestion of Chairman Mao Zedong, passing the role of head of state to the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. This was part of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which ended the following year.

References

  1. ↑ Xinping, Zhuo (2009). "Religion and Rule of Law in China Today". BYU Law Review (3): 519–528. ISSN   2162-8572.
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