5th National People's Congress

5th National People's Congress 第五届全国人民代表大会
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National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
26 February 1978 – 6 June 1983 (5 years, 130 days) Overview
Type	Supreme organ of state power
Election	Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman	Ye Jianying
Vice Chairmen	Soong Ching-ling, Nie Rongzhen, Liu Bocheng, Ulanhu, Wu De, Wei Guoqing, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Tan Zhenlin, Li Jingquan, Zhang Dingcheng, Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao, Saifuddin Azizi, Liao Chengzhi, Ji Pengfei, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Zhou Jianren, Xu Deheng, and Hu Juewen
Secretary-General	Ji Pengfei
Standing Committee	197 (5th)
Members
Total	3,497 members

5th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese	第五屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese	第五届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìwǔ Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

The 5th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1978 to 1983. It succeeded the 4th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period.

Seat distribution

Major party		Chairman	Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	Hua Guofeng Hu Yaobang	3,116
Other Parties		Chairperson	Seats
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Ji Fang	381
	Jiusan Society	Xu Deheng
	China Democratic League	Shi Liang
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	Zhou Jianren
	China National Democratic Construction Association	Hu Juewen
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Zhu Yunshan Wang Kunlun
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Cai Xiao
	China Zhi Gong Party	Huang Dingchen
	Independents	N/A

The first session

• Chairman and Vice Chairman: Posts abolished
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Ye Jianying
• Premier of the State Council: Hua Guofeng
• President of the Supreme People's Court: Jiang Hua
• Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Huang Huoqing

At the first session, the NPC passed the 1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China.

The fifth session

At the fifth session in 1982, the NPC passed the current Constitution of the People's Republic of China.

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC