2nd National People's Congress

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
ElectionIndirect 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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDì Èr Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Abbreviation
Traditional Chinese第二屆全國人大
Simplified Chinese第二届全国人大
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDì Èr Jiè Quánguó Réndà

The 2nd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1959 to 1964.[1] It held four sessions in this period.

  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.