8th National People's Congress
The 8th National People's Congress () was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period. Election results Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in 1993, the Congress elected the state leaders: *President of the People's Republic of China: Jiang Zemin () *Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Qiao Shi () *Premier of the State Council: Li Peng *Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Jiang Zemin () *President of the Supreme People's Court: Ren Jianxin *Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Siqing Congressional results , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" , Parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Seats , - , style="text-align:left;" , *Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) *Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang (民革 *China Democratic League (民盟) *China Democratic National Construction Assoc ...
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National People's Congress
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,980 members in 2018, it is the largest legislative body in the world. The National People's Congress meets in full session for roughly two weeks each year and votes on important pieces of legislation and personnel assignments among other things, and due to the temporary nature of the plenary sessions, most of NPC's power is delegated to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), which consists of about 170 legislators and meets in continuous bi-monthly sessions, when its parent NPC is not in session. As China is an authoritarian state, the NPC has been characterized as a rubber stamp for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Chinese regime. ...
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