The 10th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress.
Seat distribution Major partyGeneral SecretarySeatsChinese Communist PartyHu Jintao2,178Other PartiesChairpersonSeatsChinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartyJiang Zhenghua480Jiusan SocietyHan QideChina Democratic LeagueDing ShisunJiang ShushengChina Association for Promoting DemocracyXu JialuChina National Democratic Construction AssociationCheng SiweiRevolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangHe LuliTaiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueZhang KehuiLin WenyiChina Zhi Gong PartyLuo HaocaiIndependentsN/A
Organization
Council of Chairpersons
PartyTermChairmanWu BangguoCCPVice ChairpersonsWang ZhaoguoCCPLi TieyingCCPIsmail AmatCCPHe LuliRCCKDing ShisunCDLCheng SiweiCNDCAXu JialuCAPDJiang ZhenghuaCPWDPGu XiulianCCPRaidiCCPSheng HuarenCCPLu YongxiangCCPUyunqimgCCPHan QideJSMichael Fu TieshanInd.Secretary-GeneralSheng HuarenCCPSource:
Special Committees
Special committeeChairpersonEthnic Affairs CommitteeDoje CeringLaw CommitteeYang JingyuInternal and Judicial Affairs CommitteeHe ChunlinFinancial and Economic Affairs CommitteeFu ZhihuanEducation, Science, Culture and Public Health CommitteeZhu LilanForeign Affairs CommitteeJiang EnzhuOverseas Chinese Affairs CommitteeChen GuangyiEnvironment Protection and Resources Conservation CommitteeMao RubaiAgriculture and Rural Affairs CommitteeLiu Mingzu
The first Session
The Congress held its first plenary session from March 5–18, 2003 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Election results Elections to the Congress were held from October 2002 to February 2003, the first including deputies representing Macau. These deputies elected the following:
Presidential Election Vice-Presidential Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Hu Jintao 2,937 4 3 Zeng Qinghong 2,578 177 190 CMC Chairmanship Election Premiership Nomination Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Jiang Zemin 2,726 98 122 Wen Jiabao 2,906 3 16
The second Session The Congress held its second annual meeting from March 5–14, 2004 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The third Session The Congress held its third annual meeting from March 5–14, 2005 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The fourth Session
The Congress held its fourth annual meeting from March 5–15, 2006 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The fifth Session
The Congress held its fifth annual meeting from March 5 to March 15, 2007, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
References
External links Official website of the NPC