5th National People's Congress

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5th National People's Congress
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26 February 1978 – 6 June 1983
(5 years, 130 days)
Overview
TypeHighest organ of state power
ElectionNational elections
Leadership
ChairmanYe Jianying
Vice ChairmenSoong Ching-ling, Nie Rongzhen, Liu Bocheng, Ulanhu, Wu De, Wei Guoqing, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Tan Zhenlin, Li Jingquan, Zhang Dingcheng, Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao, Saifuddin Azizi, Liao Chengzhi, Ji Pengfei, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Zhou Jianren, Xu Deheng, and Hu Juewen
Secretary-GeneralJi Pengfei
Standing Committee197 (5th)
Members
Total3,497 members
5th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese第五屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese第五届全国人民代表大会
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese第五屆全國人大
Simplified Chinese第五届全国人大

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

Major party Chairman Seats
Chinese Communist Party Hua Guofeng
Hu Yaobang
3,116
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Ji Fang 381
Jiusan Society Xu Deheng
China Democratic League Shi Liang
China Association for Promoting Democracy Zhou Jianren
China National Democratic Construction Association Hu Juewen
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Zhu Yunshan
Wang Kunlun
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Cai Xiao
China Zhi Gong Party Huang Dingchen
Independents N/A

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.

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