3rd National People's Congress

The 3rd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1964 to 1975. It held only one session in the ten years due to the disruption caused by the ongoing Cultural Revolution launched by Chairman Mao Zedong after 1966.

3rd National People's Congress 第三届全国人民代表大会
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National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
21 December 1964 – 26 February 1978 (13 years, 67 days) Overview
Type	Highest organ of state power
Election	Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman	Zhu De
Vice Chairmen	Peng Zhen, Liu Bocheng, Li Jingquan, Kang Sheng, Guo Moruo, He Xiangning, Huang Yanpei, Chen Shutong, Li Xuefeng, Xu Xiangqian, Yang Mingxuan, Cheng Qian, Saifuddin Azizi, Lin Feng, Liu Ningyi, Zhang Zhizhong, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, and Zhou Jianren
Secretary-General	Liu Ningyi
Standing Committee	116 (3rd)
Members
Total	3,040 members

3rd National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese	第三屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese	第三届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìsān Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese	第三屆全國人大
Simplified Chinese	第三届全国人大
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìsān Jiè Quánguó Réndà

Seat distribution

Major party		Chairman	Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	Mao Zedong	2,668
Other Parties		Chairperson	Seats
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Ji Fang	372
	Jiusan Society	Xu Deheng
	China Democratic League	Yang Mingxuan
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	Ma Xulun
	China National Democratic Construction Association	Huang Yanpei
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	He Xiangning
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Vacant
	China Zhi Gong Party	Chen Qiyou
	Independents	N/A

On 22 August 1966, amidst the Cultural Revolution, all of the minor democratic parties ceased operations after an ultimatum by the Beijing Middle School Red Guards. They did not restore their operations until 1978.^[1]

The first session

The session was held from December 21, 1964, till January 4, 1965. The Congress elected the state leaders:

• Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Liu Shaoqi
• Vice Chairmen of the People's Republic of China: Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Zhu De
• Premier of the State Council: Zhou Enlai
• President of the Supreme People's Court: Yang Xiufeng
• Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Dingcheng