8th National People's Congress

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8th National People's Congress

第八届全国人民代表大会
  7th
9th  
15 March 1993 – 5 March 1998
(4 years, 355 days)
Overview
Type Supreme organ of state power
Election Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman Qiao Shi
Vice Chairmen Tian Jiyun, Wang Hanbin, Ni Zhifu, Chen Muhua, Fei Xiaotong, Sun Qimeng, Lei Jieqiong, Li Ximing, Wang Bingqian, Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, Wang Guangying, Cheng Siyuan, Lu Jiaxi, Buhe, Tömür Dawamat, Wu Jieping, Gan Ku, Li Peiyao, and Qin Jiwei
Secretary-General Cao Zhi
Standing Committee155 (8th)
Members
Total2,977 members
8th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese 第八屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese 第八届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Dìbā Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

The 8th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period.

Contents

Seat distribution

Major partyGeneral SecretarySeats
Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin 2,037
Other PartiesChairpersonSeats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Jiang Zhenghua 572
Jiusan Society Wu Jieping
China Democratic League Ding Shisun
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
China Zhi Gong Party Luo Haocai
Independents N/A

The first session

Elected state leaders

In the 1st Session in 1993, the Congress elected the state leaders: