The 9th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1998 to 2003 across five plenary sessions. It followed the final session of the
8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress.
Background
This was the first congress in which deputies were elected representing the Hong Kong SAR and the new directly administered city of Chongqing.
Elections were held from October 1997 to February 1998 by the 22 provincial and 5 autonomous regional legislatures, as well as the city legislatures of the four directly administered municipalities, which elected their deputies to the NPC.
Seat distribution
The first session
Elected state leaders
*President of the People's Republic of China:
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Mil ...
*Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress:
Li Peng
*Premier of the State Council:
Zhu Rongji
*Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Jiang Zemin
*President of the Supreme People's Court:
Xiao Yang
*Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate:
Han Zhubin
The second session
The 1999 Amendments to the
People's Republic of China Constitution were adopted by on March 15, 1999.
The
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...
budget increased 12.8% in 1999 compared to the prior year, marking the Congress' continued interest in military modernization.
References
External links
Official website of the NPC
{{National People's Congress
National People's Congresses
1998 in Beijing
1999 in Beijing
2000 in Beijing
2001 in Beijing
2003 in Beijing