8th National People's Congress

Chinese Congressional election, 1993-94

Oct. 1993 - Mar. 1994
All 2,979 seats to the National People's Congress
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jiang Zemin Party Communist Minority Alliance United Front United Front (China) Leader's seat Shanghai At-large Last election 66.8% 18.2% Seats before 1,986 540 Seats won 2,037 572 Seat change 51 32 Percentage 68.4% 19.1%
Chairman before election Wan Li Communist Chairman-elect Qiao Shi Communist

The 8th National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第八届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第八屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìbā Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period.

Election results

Elected state leaders

In the 1st Session in 1993, the Congress elected the state leaders:

• President of the People's Republic of China: Jiang Zemin (Chinese: 江泽民; pinyin: Jiāng Zémín)
• Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: Qiao Shi (simplified Chinese: 乔石; traditional Chinese: 喬石; pinyin: Qiáo Shí; Wade–Giles: Ch'iao Shih)
• Premier of the State Council: Li Peng
• Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Jiang Zemin (Chinese: 江泽民; pinyin: Jiāng Zémín)
• President of the Supreme People's Court: Ren Jianxin
• Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate: Zhang Siqing

Congressional results

Summary of the October 1993-March 1994
National People's Congress
of the People's Republic of China election results

Parties	Seats
Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang (民革 China Democratic League (民盟) China Democratic National Construction Association (民建) China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进) Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (农工民主党) Zhigongdang of China (中国致公党) Jiusan Society (九三学社) Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟) Non-partisans	2,978
Total	2,978

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC