The 6th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1983 to 1988. It held five sessions in this period.
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 partyGeneral SecretarySeatsChinese Communist PartyHu Yaobang1,861Other PartiesChairpersonSeatsChinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartyJi Fang543Jiusan SocietyXu DehengChina Democratic LeagueShi Liang Hu YuzhiChina Association for Promoting DemocracyYe ShengtaoChina National Democratic Construction AssociationHu JuewenRevolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangWang KunlunQu WuTaiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueSu ZihengChina Zhi Gong PartyHuang DingchenDong YinchuIndependentsN/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 Official website of the NPC