4th National People's Congress
All 2,664 seats to the National People's Congress
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mao Zedong
Party Communist Minority
Alliance United Front United Front (China)
Seats before 2,668 372
Seats won 2,615 270
Seat change Decrease 53 Decrease 102
Percentage 90.64% 9.36%
Swing Increase 2.88% Decrease 2.88%
Chairman before election

Zhu De
Communist

 Chairman-elect

Zhu De
Communist

The 4th National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第四届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第四屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìsì Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) 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.

The Congress passed the 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China.

Elected state leaders

  • 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

Highlights

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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