8th National People's Congress

Chinese Congressional election, 1993-94

Oct. 1993 - Mar. 1994

All 2,979 seats to the National People's Congress

	Majority party	Minority party
		RCKMT
Leader	Jiang Zemin	Li Peiyao
Party	Communist	Minge (RCKMT)
Alliance	United Front	United Front
Leader's seat	Shanghai At-large	Jiangxi At-large
Last election	66.8%	18.2%
Seats before	1,986	540
Seats won	2,037	572
Seat change	51	32
Percentage	68.4%	19.1%

Chairman before election

Wan Li
Communist

Chairman-elect

Qiao Shi
Communist

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The 8th National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第八届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第八屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìbā Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It held five plenary sessions in this period.

Election Results

Elected state leaders

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

President of the People's Republic of China: Jiang Zemin (Chinese: 江泽民; pinyin: Jiāng Zémín)
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Qiao Shi (simplified Chinese: 乔石; traditional Chinese: 喬石; pinyin: Qiáo Shí; Wade–Giles: Ch'iao Shih)
Premier of the State Council: Li Peng
Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Jiang Zemin (Chinese: 江泽民; pinyin: Jiāng Zémín)
President of the Supreme People's Court: Ren Jianxin
Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Siqing

Congressional results

Summary of the October 1993-March 1994
National People's Congress
of the People's Republic of China election results
Parties	Seats
Communist Party of China (中国共产党) Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang (民革 China Democratic League (民盟) China Democratic National Construction Association (民建) China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进) Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (农工民主党) Zhigongdang of China (中国致公党) Jiusan Society (九三学社) Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟) Non-partisans	2,978
Total	2,978

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