The 6th

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,9 ...

() was in session from 1983 to 1988. It held five sessions in this period.

Elections to the Congress

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: * All 21

Provinces of China The provincial level administrative divisions () are the highest-level administrative divisions of China. There are 34 such divisions claimed by the People's Republic of China, classified as 23 provinces (), five autonomous regions, four mu ...

* All 5

Autonomous regions of China The autonomous regions () are the highest-level administrative divisions of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under Chinese law, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the ...

* The city legislatures of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin

Elected state leaders

In the 1st Plenary Session in 1983, the Congress elected the state leaders: *President of the People's Republic of China:

Li Xiannian Li Xiannian (pronounced ; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, President of the People's Republic of China (''de jure'' head of state) from 1983 to 1988 under Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping and t ...

*Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress:

Peng Zhen Peng Zhen (pronounced ; October 12, 1902 – April 26, 1997) was a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party. He led the party organization in Beijing following the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, but was ...

*Premier of the State Council:

Zhao Ziyang Zhao Ziyang ( zh, 赵紫阳; pronounced , 17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He was the third premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 19 ...

*Chairman of the Central Military Commission:

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. Aft ...

*President of the Supreme People's Court:

Zheng Tianxiang Zheng Tianxiang (; September 9, 1914 – October 10, 2013) was a Chinese politician and was the President of the Supreme People's Court of China. Biography Zheng was born in Inner Mongolia. He was educated in Tsinghua University from 1935 to ...

*Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Yang Yichen

External links

Official website of the NPC
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