1st National People's Congress

1954–1959 Chinese legislative session January 2024 National People's Congress zh-Hans-CN 第一届全国人民代表大会 中華人民共和國國徽.svg 180px National emblem of China 1st Communist Party of China Supreme organ of state power Indirect elections 15 September 1954 17 April 1959(1954 9 15 1959 3 17 y) 1,226 members 80 (1st) Liu Shaoqi Soong Ching-ling, Lin Boqu, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Luo Ronghuan, Shen Junru, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Peng Zhen, Li Weihan, Chen Shutong, Tenzin Gyatso, Saifuddin Azizi, and Cheng Qian 2nd Peng Zhen 第一届全国人民代表大会 第一屆全國人民代表大會 Dìyī Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Abbreviation 第一屆全國人大 第一届全国人大 Dìyī Jiè Quánguó Réndà thumb|Huairen Hall, where the first session of the congress took place The 1st National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1954 to 1959. It held four sessions in this period. There were 1,226 deputies to the Congress. These were the first legislative elections to take place after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Background In accordance with the rules set by the 1st National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the first set of deputies to the NPC were elected in the spring and summer of 1954, the first elections under the 1953 Electoral Law which set rules for elections in the PRC, by the following: Provincial legislatures Legislative councils of the directly administered cities Regional legislature of Inner Mongolia Seat distribution Major partyChairmanSeatsChinese Communist PartyMao Zedong1,048Other PartiesChairpersonSeatsChinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartyZhang Bojun178Jiusan SocietyXu DehengChina Democratic LeagueZhang LanShen JunruChina Association for Promoting DemocracyMa XulunChina National Democratic Construction AssociationHuang YanpeiRevolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangLi JishenTaiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueXie XuehongChina Zhi Gong PartyChen QiyouIndependentsN/A The first session thumb|Delegates voting at the first session of the 1st NPC. The first plenary session was held in September 1954.http://www.people.com.cn/GB/14576/28320/35193/35195/2704841.html 第一届全国人民代表大会（1954年） National People's Congress 12 August 2004 26 February 2018 16 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130516043830/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/14576/28320/35193/35195/2704841.html dead The Congress passed the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. It elected the state leaders: Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi Premier of the State Council: Zhou Enlai President of the Supreme People's Court: Dong Biwu Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Dingcheng Chairmanship Election Candidates For Against Abstain Mao Zedong 18px 1210 0 0 Vice Chairmanship Election Candidates For Against Abstain Zhu De 18px 1210 0 0 References Category:National People's Congresses Category:1954 establishments in China Category:1954 in Beijing Category:1955 in Beijing Category:1956 in Beijing Category:1957 in Beijing Category:1958 in Beijing Category:1959 in Beijing