First session of the 10th National People's Congress

2003 National People's Congress 第十届全国人民代表大会第一次会议 Dì-shí Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Dì-sìcì Huìyì 1st plenary session of the 10th National People's Congress 5 March – 18 March
President Premier Congress Chairman Jiang Zemin Zhu Rongji Li Peng since 27 March 1993 since 17 March 1998 since 15 March 1998
President-elect Premier-elect Congress Chairman-elect Hu Jintao Wen Jiabao Wu Bangguo
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The first session of the 10th National People's Congress was held from March 5 to March 18 in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2003 session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Appointments

The 2953 delegates of the Congress elected the following state leaders:

• President of the People's Republic of China: Hu Jintao
• Vice-President of the People's Republic of China: Zeng Qinghong
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Wu Bangguo
• 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: Jia Chunwang (贾春旺)

The delegates appointed the following state officers:

• Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China: Wen Jiabao
• Vice Premiers: Huang Ju, Wu Yi, Zeng Peiyan, Hui Liangyu
• State Councilors: Zhou Yongkang, Cao Gangchuan, Tang Jiaxuan, Hua Jianmin, Chen Zhili
• Secretary General of the State Council: Hua Jianmin (华建敏)

The delegates also approved the following nominations by the new Premier:

• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Li Zhaoxing (李肇星)
• Minister of National Defence: Cao Gangchuan
• Director of National Development and Reform Commission: Ma Kai
• Minister of Education: Zhou Ji (周济)
• Minister of Science and Technology: Xu Guanhua
• Director of State Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense: Zhang Yunchuan (张云川)
• Director of State Ethnic Affairs Commission: Li Dezhu (李德洙)
• Minister of Public Security: Zhou Yongkang
• Minister of State Security: Xu Yongyue
• Minister of Supervision: Li Zhilun (李至伦)
• Minister of Civil Affairs: Li Xueju (李学举)
• Minister of Justice: Zhang Fusen
• Minister of Finance: Jin Renqing (金人庆)
• Minister of Personnel: Zhang Bolin (张柏林)
• Minister of Labor and Social Security: Zheng Silin (郑斯林)
• Minister of Land and Resources: Tian Fengshan (田凤山)
• Minister of Construction: Wang Guotao (汪光焘)
• Minister of Railway: Liu Zhijun
• Minister of Communications: Zhang Chunxian (张春贤)
• Minister of Information Industry: Wang Xudong (王旭东)
• Minister of Water Resources: Wang Shucheng (汪恕诚)
• Minister of Agriculture: Du Qinglin (杜青林)
• Minister of Commerce: Lu Fuyuan (吕福源)
• Minister of Culture: Sun Jiazheng (孙家正)
• Minister of Health: Zhang Wenkang (张文康)
• Director of National Population and Family Planning Commission: Zhang Weiqing (张维庆)
• President of the People's Bank of China: Zhou Xiaochuan
• Auditor General of the National Audit Office: Li Jinhua

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Preceded by 2002 NPC	Annual National People's Congress Sessions of the People's Republic of China March 5—18, 2003	Succeeded by 2004 NPC