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2nd National People's Congress

第二届全国人民代表大会
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18 April 1959 – 21 December 1964
(5 years, 247 days)
Overview
TypeHighest organ of state power
ElectionIndirect elections
Leadership
ChairmanZhu De
Vice ChairmenLin Boqu, Li Jishen, Luo Ronghuan, Shen Junru, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Peng Zhen, Li Weihan, Chen Shutong, Tenzin Gyatso, Saifuddin Azizi, Cheng Qian, Choekyi Gyaltsen, He Xiangning, Liu Bocheng, and Lin Feng
Secretary-GeneralPeng Zhen
Standing Committee80 (2nd)
Members
Total1,235 members
2nd National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese第二屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese第二届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDì Èr Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese第二屆全國人大
Simplified Chinese第二届全国人大
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDì Èr Jiè Quánguó Réndà

The 2nd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1959 to 1964.[1] It held four sessions in this period.

Background

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Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in February 1959, finished all the preparatory work for selection of deputies, which were voted by representatives of the provincial legislatures and the city legislatures of the then two Direct-administered municipalities of China: Beijing and Shanghai. The elections were held in accordance with the 1953 Electoral Law.

Seat distribution

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Major party Chairman Seats
Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong 1,047
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Ji Fang 179
Jiusan Society Xu Deheng
China Democratic League Shen Junru
China Association for Promoting Democracy Zhou Jianren
China National Democratic Construction Association Huang Yanpei
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Li Jishen
He Xiangning
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Vacant
China Zhi Gong Party Chen Qiyou
Independents N/A

The first session

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The first session was held in 18–28 April 1959. During the first session, Mao Zedong relinquished his role as chairman of the People's Republic to Liu Shaoqi.[2] The Congress elected the state leaders:

The third session of the 2nd NPC in 1962.
The fourth session of the 2nd NPC in 1966.

References

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  1. ^ Harvard University Center for International Affairs; Center, Harvard University East Asian Research (1962). Communist China 1955-1959: Policy Documents with Analysis. Harvard University Press. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-674-14900-7.
  2. ^ Ang, Cheng Guan (1997-01-01). Vietnamese Communists' Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956-1962. McFarland. pp. 102–110. ISBN 978-0-7864-0404-9.

Further reading

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