The 5th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1978 to 1983. It succeeded the
4th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period.
Seat distribution
The first session
*Chairman and Vice Chairman: ''Posts abolished''
*Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress:
Ye Jianying
*Premier of the State Council:
Hua Guofeng
*President of the Supreme People's Court:
Jiang Hua
*Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate:
Huang Huoqing
At the first session, the NPC passed the
1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China.
The fifth session
At the fifth session in 1982, the NPC passed the current
Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is the supreme law of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In September 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted the Common Progr ...
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External links
Official website of the NPC
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National People's Congresses
1978 in China
1978 in Beijing
1979 in Beijing
1980 in Beijing
1981 in Beijing
1982 in Beijing
1983 in Beijing