6th National People's Congress

The 6th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1983 to 1988. It held five sessions in this period.

6th National People's Congress 第六届全国人民代表大会
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National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
6 June 1983 – 25 March 1988 (4 years, 263 days) Overview
Type	Highest organ of state power
Election	Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman	Peng Zhen
Vice Chairmen	Chen Pixian, Wei Guoqing, Geng Biao, Hu Juewen, Xu Deheng, Peng Chong, Wang Renzhong, Shi Liang, Zhu Xuefan, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Choekyi Gyaltsen, Saifuddin Azizi, Zhou Gucheng, Yan Jici, Hu Yuzhi, Rong Yiren, Ye Fei, Liao Hansheng, Han Xianchu, and Huang Hua
Secretary-General	Wang Hanbin
Standing Committee	152 (6th)
Members
Total	2,884 members

6th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese	第六屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese	第六届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìliù Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese	第六屆全國人大
Simplified Chinese	第六届全国人大
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìliù Jiè Quánguó Réndà

Background

This new Congress was the first under the current 1982 Constitution, and the first to be elected under the rules of the 1979 Electoral Law of the PRC.

In keeping with the provisions of the law, all deputies of the 6th NPC were elected indirectly from 1982 to February 1983 by the provincial-level legislatures of:

• All 21 Provinces of China
• All 5 Autonomous regions of China
• The city legislatures of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin

Seat distribution

Major party		General Secretary	Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	Hu Yaobang	1,861
Other Parties		Chairperson	Seats
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Ji Fang	543
	Jiusan Society	Xu Deheng
	China Democratic League	Shi Liang Hu Yuzhi
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	Ye Shengtao
	China National Democratic Construction Association	Hu Juewen
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Wang Kunlun Qu Wu
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Su Ziheng
	China Zhi Gong Party	Huang Dingchen Dong Yinchu
	Independents	N/A

The first session

In the 1st Plenary Session in 1983, the Congress elected the state leaders:

• President of the People's Republic of China: Li Xiannian
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Peng Zhen
• Premier of the State Council: Zhao Ziyang
• Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Deng Xiaoping
• President of the Supreme People's Court: Zheng Tianxiang
• Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Yang Yichen

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC