Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is the branch of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

in the

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC: previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads ...

History

In May 1951, the inaugural conference of representatives from various ethnic groups and sectors convened in Xinjiang Province, resulting in the election of the Xinjiang Provincial Consultative Committee, formally establishing the local

(CPPCC) organization in Xinjiang. In February 1955, the inaugural session of the Xinjiang Provincial Committee of the CPPCC convened in Xinjiang Province, resulting in the election of the first CPPCC organization, with

Saifuddin Azizi Seypidin Azizi (12 March 1915 – 24 November 2003) was a Uyghurs, Uyghur politician who occupied top positions in the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National Peopl ...

as the first chairman. Subsequently, in October 1955, following the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it was officially reconstituted as the CPPCC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.

References

{{Xinjiang leaders 1955 in Urumqi Politics of Xinjiang CPPCC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee