4th National People's Congress

{{Short description|Chinese legislative session (1975–1978)}}

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| s = 第四届全国人民代表大会

| t = 第四屆全國人民代表大會

| p = Dìsì Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

| altname = Abbreviation

| t2 = 第四屆全國人大

| s2 = 第四届全国人大

| p2 = Dìsì Jiè Quánguó Réndà

| w =

}}{{Politics of the People's Republic of China}}

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

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! colspan="2" |Major party

!Seats

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|Chinese Communist Party

|2,615

colspan="2" |Other Parties

!Seats

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|Independents

|270

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.

  • Chairman and Vice Chairman: Posts abolished
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Zhu De
  • Premier of the State Council: Zhou Enlai
  • President of the Supreme People's Court: Jiang Hua
  • Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Post abolished

References

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