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. 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

Major party General Secretary Seats
Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin 2,130
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Jiang Zhenghua 460
Jiusan Society Wu Jieping
China Democratic League Ding Shisun
China Association for Promoting Democracy Xu Jialu
China National Democratic Construction Association Cheng Siwei
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang He Luli
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Zhang Kehui
China Zhi Gong Party Luo Haocai
Independents N/A

The first session

Elected state leaders

  • President of the People's Republic of China: Jiang Zemin
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Li Peng[1]
  • Premier of the State Council: Zhu Rongji
  • 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: Han Zhubin

The second session

The 1999 Amendments to the People's Republic of China Constitution were adopted by on March 15, 1999.[2]

The People's Liberation Army budget increased 12.8% in 1999 compared to the prior year, marking the Congress' continued interest in military modernization.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National People's Congress Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  2. ^ "National People's Congress, 1999 Amendments to the PRC Constitution, March 15, 1999 | US-China Institute". china.usc.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ Defense White Paper. Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea. 1999.

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