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The '''2nd National People's Congress''' ('''NPC''') was in session from 1959 to 1964.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Harvard University Center for International Affairs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCTZJ6tBztIC |title=Communist China 1955-1959: Policy Documents with Analysis |last2=Center |first2=Harvard University East Asian Research |date=1962 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-14900-7 |pages=505 |language=en}}</ref> It held four sessions in this period.
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{{Politics of the People's Republic of China}}
The '''2nd [[National People's Congress]]''' ({{zh|s=第二届全国人民代表大会|t=第二屆全國人民代表大會|p=Dì Èr Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì}}) was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four sessions in this period.


== Background ==
The first session was held in April 1959. The Congress elected the state leaders:
Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the [[1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China]], the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in February 1959, finished all the preparatory work for selection of deputies, which were voted by representatives of the provincial legislatures and the city legislatures of the then two [[Direct-administered municipalities of China]]: Beijing and Shanghai. The elections were held in accordance with the 1953 Electoral Law.


== Seat distribution ==
*[[President of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Liu Shaoqi]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Vice President of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Soong Ching-ling]] and [[Dong Biwu]]
! colspan="2" |Major party
!Chairman
!Seats
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Chinese Communist Party}}" |
|[[Chinese Communist Party]]
|[[Mao Zedong]]
|1,047
|-
! colspan="2" |Other Parties
!Chairperson
!Seats
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party}}" |
|[[Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party]]
|[[Ji Fang]]
| rowspan="9" |179
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Jiusan Society}}" |
|[[Jiusan Society]]
|[[Xu Deheng]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|China Democratic League}}" |
|[[China Democratic League]]
|[[Shen Junru]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|China Association for Promoting Democracy}}" |
|[[China Association for Promoting Democracy]]
|[[Zhou Jianren]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|China National Democratic Construction Association}}" |
|[[China National Democratic Construction Association]]
|[[Huang Yanpei]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang}}" |
|[[Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang]]
|[[Li Jishen]]<br>[[He Xiangning]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League}}" |
|[[Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League]]
|''Vacant''
|-
| style="background: {{party color|China Zhi Gong Party}}" |
|[[China Zhi Gong Party]]
|[[Chen Qiyou]]
|-
| style="background: #C0C0C0" |
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|''N/A''
|}

== The first session ==

The first session was held in 18-28 April 1959. During the first session, [[Mao Zedong]] relinquished his role as chairman of the People's Republic to Liu Shaoqi.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ang |first=Cheng Guan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ONOHIXGnrEC |title=Vietnamese Communists' Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956-1962 |date=1997-01-01 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0404-9 |pages=102–110 |language=en}}</ref> The Congress elected the state leaders:

*[[Chairman of the People's Republic of China]]: [[Liu Shaoqi]]
*[[Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China|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]]
*[[Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]]: [[Zhu De]]
*[[Premier of the State Council]]: [[Zhou Enlai]]
*[[Premier of the State Council]]: [[Zhou Enlai]]
*President of the [[Supreme People's Court]]: [[Xie Juezai]]
*President of the [[Supreme People's Court]]: [[Xie Juezai]]
*Procurator-General of the [[Supreme People's Procuratorate]]: [[Zhang Dingcheng]]
*Prosecutor-General of the [[Supreme People's Procuratorate]]: [[Zhang Dingcheng]]
[[File:1962-05 1962年 第二届全国人大第三次会议.jpg|thumb|The third session of the 2nd NPC in 1962.]]
[[File:1964-01 1964年 第二届全国人大第四次会议2.jpg|thumb|The fourth session of the 2nd NPC in 1966.]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.npc.gov.cn/ Official website of the NPC]
* {{in lang|zh}} [http://www.npc.gov.cn/ Official website of the NPC]
* {{cite book
|year=1973
|origyear=1960
|title=Second Session of the Second National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (Documents)
|url=https://archive.org/details/secondsessionofs0000chin/
|publisher={{w|AMS Press}}; {{w|Foreign Languages Press}}
|isbn=0-404-56907-2
|lccn=79-38053
|oclc=579866}}


{{National People's Congress}}
{{National People's Congress}}

Latest revision as of 14:07, 2 June 2024

2nd National People's Congress

第二届全国人民代表大会
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18 April 1959 – 21 December 1964
(5 years, 247 days)
Overview
TypeHighest organ of state power
ElectionNational elections
Leadership
ChairmanZhu De
Vice ChairmenLin Boqu, Li Jishen, Luo Ronghuan, Shen Junru, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Peng Zhen, Li Weihan, Chen Shutong, Tenzin Gyatso, Saifuddin Azizi, Cheng Qian, Choekyi Gyaltsen, He Xiangning, Liu Bocheng, and Lin Feng
Secretary-GeneralPeng Zhen
Standing Committee80 (2nd)
Members
Total1,235 members
2nd National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese第二屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese第二届全国人民代表大会
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Simplified Chinese第二届全国人大
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The 2nd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1959 to 1964.[1] It held four sessions in this period.

Background[edit]

Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in February 1959, finished all the preparatory work for selection of deputies, which were voted by representatives of the provincial legislatures and the city legislatures of the then two Direct-administered municipalities of China: Beijing and Shanghai. The elections were held in accordance with the 1953 Electoral Law.

Seat distribution[edit]

Major party Chairman Seats
Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong 1,047
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Ji Fang 179
Jiusan Society Xu Deheng
China Democratic League Shen Junru
China Association for Promoting Democracy Zhou Jianren
China National Democratic Construction Association Huang Yanpei
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Li Jishen
He Xiangning
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Vacant
China Zhi Gong Party Chen Qiyou
Independents N/A

The first session[edit]

The first session was held in 18-28 April 1959. During the first session, Mao Zedong relinquished his role as chairman of the People's Republic to Liu Shaoqi.[2] The Congress elected the state leaders:

The third session of the 2nd NPC in 1962.
The fourth session of the 2nd NPC in 1966.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Harvard University Center for International Affairs; Center, Harvard University East Asian Research (1962). Communist China 1955-1959: Policy Documents with Analysis. Harvard University Press. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-674-14900-7.
  2. ^ Ang, Cheng Guan (1997-01-01). Vietnamese Communists' Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956-1962. McFarland. pp. 102–110. ISBN 978-0-7864-0404-9.

External links[edit]

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