4th National People's Congress explained

National People's Congress
Native Name:第四届全国人民代表大会
Image Size:180px
Number:4th
Body:Highest organ of state power
Election:National elections
Start:13 January 1975
End:26 February 1978
Members:2,864 members
Standing Committee:168 (4th)
Chairman:Zhu De
(until 6 July 1976)
Vice Chairman:Dong Biwu (until 2 April 1975), Soong Ching-ling, Kang Sheng (until 16 December 1975), Liu Bocheng, Wu De, Wei Guoqing, Saifuddin Azizi, Guo Moruo, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Chen Yun, Tan Zhenlin, Li Jingquan, Zhang Dingcheng, Cai Chang, Ulanhu, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Zhou Jianren, Xu Deheng, Hu Juewen, Li Suwen, and Yao Lianwei
Previous:3rd
Next:5th
Secretary General:Ji Pengfei

The 4th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1975 to 1978. It held only one session, in January 1975, despite the Constitution mandating a session be held each year. There were 2864 deputies to this Congress.

Seat distribution

Major partyChairmanSeats
Chinese Communist PartyMao Zedong
Hua Guofeng
2,615
Other PartiesChairpersonSeats
IndependentsN/A270

The first session

The first session passed the 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. The offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman were abolished at the suggestion of Chairman Mao Zedong, passing the role of head of state to the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. This was part of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which ended the following year.

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