7th National People's Congress

The 7th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1988 to 1993. It held five sessions in this period.

7th National People's Congress 第七届全国人民代表大会
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
25 March 1988 – 14 March 1993 (4 years, 355 days) Overview
Type	Highest organ of state power
Election	Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman	Wan Li
Vice Chairmen	Xi Zhongxun, Ulanhu, Peng Chong, Wei Guoqing, Zhu Xuefan, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Choekyi Gyaltsen, Saifuddin Azizi, Zhou Gucheng, Yan Jici, Rong Yiren, Ye Fei, Liao Hansheng, Ni Zhifu, Chen Muhua, Fei Xiaotong, Sun Qimeng, Lei Jieqiong, and Wang Hanbin
Secretary-General	Peng Chong
Standing Committee	156 (7th)
Members
Total	2,892 members

7th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese	第七屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese	第七届全国人民代表大会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìqī Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese	第七屆全國人大
Simplified Chinese	第七届全国人大
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìqī Jiè Quánguó Réndà

Seat distribution

Major party		General Secretary	Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	Zhao Ziyang Jiang Zemin	1,986
Other Parties		Chairperson	Seats
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Lu Jiaxi	540
	Jiusan Society	Zhou Peiyuan
	China Democratic League	Fei Xiaotong
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	Lei Jieqiong
	China National Democratic Construction Association	Sun Qimeng
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Zhu Xuefan
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Cai Zimin
	China Zhi Gong Party	Dong Yinchu
	Independents	N/A

The first session

Elected state leaders

In the 1st Session in 1988, the Congress elected the state leaders:

• President of the People's Republic of China: Yang Shangkun
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Wan Li
• Premier of the State Council: Li Peng
• Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Deng Xiaoping
• President of the Supreme People's Court: Ren Jianxin
• Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Liu Fuzhi

Third Session

At the 3rd session on April 4, 1990, the Hong Kong Basic Law was passed, which came into force 7 years later on July 1, 1997.

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC