10th National People's Congress

10th National People's Congress

Oct. 2002 - Mar. 2003
All 2,984 seats to the National People's Congress
Majority party Minority party   Leader Hu Jintao Party Communist Minority Leader's seat Tibet At-large Last election 71.5% 15.4% Seats before 2,130 460 Seats won 2,178 480 Seat change 48 20 Percentage 72.9% 16% Swing 1.4% 0.6%
Chairman before election Li Peng Communist Chairman-elect Wu Bangguo Communist

The 10th National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第十届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第十屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìshí Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) 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.

The 1st Session

Main article: 2003 National People's Congress

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

Summary of the October 2002-March 2003
National People's Congress
of the People's Republic of China election results

Parties	Seats
Chinese Communist Party Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang China Democratic League China Democratic National Construction Association China Association for Promoting Democracy Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party China Zhi Gong Party Jiusan Society Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Non-partisans	2,985
Total	2,985

The 2nd Session

The Congress held its second annual meeting from March 5–14, 2004 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The 3rd Session

The Congress held its third annual meeting from March 5–14, 2005 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The 4th Session

Main article: 2006 National People's Congress

The Congress held its fourth annual meeting from March 5–15, 2006 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The 5th Session

Main article: 2007 National People's Congress

The Congress held its fifth annual meeting from March 5 to March 15, 2007, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC