Advisory Council 資政院 | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 6 November 1906 |
Disbanded | 12 February 1912 |
Succeeded by | Provisional Senate of the Republic of China |
Leadership | |
President | Xu Dinglin since 26 January 1912 |
Vice President | Dashou since 30 October 1911 |
Secretary General | Jin Bangping since 3 October 1910 |
Structure | |
Seats | 200 |
Political groups | Election result
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Length of term | 3 years |
Elections | |
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Last election | October 1909 |
Meeting place | |
Advisory Council Building, Beijing | |
Constitution | |
Principles of the Constitution (1908–12) Nineteen Articles (1911–12) | |
Rules | |
Charter of Advisory Council |
Advisory Council | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 資政院 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 资政院 | ||||||||
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The Advisory Council (Chinese: 資政院), also known as the Government Advisory Council,[1] Political Advisory Council,[2] or Political Advisory Board,[3] was a preparatory body for the parliament established in 1910. It was part of the New Policies in the late Qing dynasty, of which the Qing court was moving toward the implementation of a constitution. In September 1907, the Guangxu Emperor promulgated a decree on the setting up of the Advisory Council, following by the provincial Consultative Bureaus in October.
The Advisory Council was established on 6 November 1906, and formally opened on 10 October 1910, after the first parliamentary election in last October. The council was dissolved on 12 February 1912 along with the end of the Qing dynasty, and was replaced by the Provisional Senate of the Republic of China.[4][5][6]