Xi Jinping and other officials clap their hands after Xi is unanimously elected president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the PRC at the third plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – Xi Jinping was unanimously elected president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the PRC on Friday at the ongoing session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC).
Xi made a public pledge of allegiance to the Constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Han Zheng was elected the Chinese vice-president while Zhao Leji was elected chairman of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee.
Zhao and Han made similar public pledges of allegiance to the Constitution.
Deputies to the 14th NPC, China's national legislature, started to elect state leaders in the morning.
In this file photo dated Sept 1, 2022, Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Taiyuan Energy Low Carbon Development Forum via video. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Lawmakers gathered to elect the president and the vice-president of the PRC, chairperson of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, as well as chairperson, vice-chairpersons and secretary-general of the 14th NPC Standing Committee
Fourteen people were elected vice-chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC.
They are Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, and Shohrat Zakir.
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Liu Qi was elected secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee.
Shortly afterwards, the ceremony for newly elected Chinese leaders to pledge allegiance to the country's Constitution began at the Great Hall of the People.
Zhao Leji, executive chairman of the presidium of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, presides over the third meeting of the presidium at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Lawmakers gathered to elect the president and the vice-president of the PRC, chairperson of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, as well as chairperson, vice-chairpersons and secretary-general of the 14th NPC Standing Committee.
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China's national legislature adopted a method on election and appointment at a plenary meeting of its ongoing annual session. It also approved a plan on reforming the institutions of the State Council.