6th National People's Congress

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6th National People's Congress
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6 June 1983 – 25 March 1988
(4 years, 263 days)
Overview
TypeHighest organ of state power
ElectionNational elections
Leadership
ChairmanPeng Zhen
Vice ChairmenChen Pixian, Wei Guoqing, Geng Biao, Hu Juewen, Xu Deheng, Peng Chong, Wang Renzhong, Shi Liang, Zhu Xuefan, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Choekyi Gyaltsen, Saifuddin Azizi, Zhou Gucheng, Yan Jici, Hu Yuzhi, Rong Yiren, Ye Fei, Liao Hansheng, Han Xianchu, and Huang Hua
Secretary-GeneralWang Hanbin
Standing Committee152 (6th)
Members
Total2,884 members
6th National People's Congress
Hanyu Pinyin
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The 6th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1983 to 1988. It held five sessions in this period.

Background

This new Congress was the first under the current 1982 Constitution, and the first to be elected under the rules of the 1979 Electoral Law of the PRC.

In keeping with the provisions of the law, all deputies of the 6th NPC were elected indirectly from 1982 to February 1983 by the provincial-level legislatures of:

Seat distribution

Major party General Secretary Seats
Chinese Communist Party Hu Yaobang 1,861
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Ji Fang 543
Jiusan Society Xu Deheng
China Democratic League Shi Liang

Hu Yuzhi

China Association for Promoting Democracy Ye Shengtao
China National Democratic Construction Association Hu Juewen
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Wang Kunlun
Qu Wu
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Su Ziheng
China Zhi Gong Party Huang Dingchen
Dong Yinchu
Independents N/A

The first session

In the 1st Plenary Session in 1983, the Congress elected the state leaders:

  • President of the People's Republic of China: Li Xiannian
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Peng Zhen
  • Premier of the State Council: Zhao Ziyang
  • Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Deng Xiaoping
  • President of the Supreme People's Court: Zheng Tianxiang
  • Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate:
    Yang Yichen

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