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: * All 21

Provinces of China Provinces ( zh, c=省, p=Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one prov ...

* All 5

Autonomous regions of China The autonomous regions ( zh, s=自治区, p=Zìzhìqū) are one of four types of province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China. Like provinces of China, Chinese provinces, an autonomous regio ...

* The city legislatures of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin

Seat distribution

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 Li Xiannian (; 23 June 1909 – 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Chinese Communist Party, Communist military and political leader, president of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People's Politi ...

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

Peng Zhen Peng Zhen (pronounced ; October 12, 1902 – April 26, 1997) was a Chinese politician and 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 i ...

*Premier of the State Council:

Zhao Ziyang Zhao Ziyang; pronounced (17 October 1919 – 17 January 2005) was a Chinese politician. He served as the 3rd premier of China from 1980 to 1987, as vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1982, and as the CCP general ...

*Chairman of the Central Military Commission:

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

*President of the Supreme People's Court: Zheng Tianxiang *Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Yang Yichen

External links

Official website of the NPC
{{National People's Congress National People's Congresses 1983 in China 1983 in Beijing