1st National People's Congress

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The 1st National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第一届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第一屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìyī Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) was in session from 1954 to 1959. It held four plenary sessions in this period. There were 1226 deputies to the Congress.

The first plenary session was held in September 1954. The Congress passed the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. It elected the state leaders:

Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
Premier of the State Council: Zhou Enlai
President of the Supreme People's Court: Dong Biwu
Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Dingcheng

Presidential Election Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Mao Zedong	1210	0	0
Vice-Presidential Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Zhu De	1210	0	0

References

External links

(Chinese) Official website of the NPC

National People's Congress

1st–9th (1954–2003)	1st (1954–1959) 2nd (1959–1964) 3rd (1964–1975) 4th (1975–1978) 5th (1978–1983) 6th (1983–1988) 7th (1988–1993) 8th (1993–1998) 9th (1998–2003)

10th (2003–2008)	1st Plenary Session (2003) 2nd Plenary Session (2004) 3rd Plenary Session (2005) 4th Plenary Session (2006) 5th Plenary Session (2007)

11th (2008–2013)	1st Plenary Session (2008) 2nd Plenary Session (2009) 3rd Plenary Session (2010) 4th Plenary Session (2011) 5th Plenary Session (2012)

12th (2013–2018)	1st Plenary Session (2013) 2nd Plenary Session (2014) 3rd Plenary Session (2015) 4th Plenary Session (2016) 5th Plenary Session (2017)

Standing Committee	Chairman Vice Chairperson Secretary-General Presidium

Special committees	Ethnic Affairs Law Internal and Judicial Affairs Financial and Economic Affairs Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Foreign Affairs Overseas Chinese Affairs Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Elections in the People's Republic of China

Congressional elections	1954 1958–59 1963–64 1974–75 1977–78 1983–84 1987–88 1993–94 1997–98 2002–03 2007–08 2012–13

Presidential elections	1954 1959 1964 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013

Premier elections	1954 1959 1964 1975 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013

See also: Elections in the Republic of China (1912–49)

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