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 The 8th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period. Seat distribution The first session Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in ...

. 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:

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

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*Premier of the State Council:

Zhu Rongji Zhu Rongji ( zh, s=朱镕基; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the 5th premier of China from 1998 to 2003. He also served as member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ...

*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:

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The second session

The 1999 Amendments to the People's Republic of China Constitution were adopted by on March 15, 1999. The

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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