Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (1949–1954)

Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
中華人民共和國中央人民政府
Formation1949
Founding documentCommon Program
Country People's Republic of China
Executive
ChairmanMao Zedong
Vice ChairpersonsZhu De
Liu Shaoqi
Soong Ching-ling
Zhang Lan
Gao Gang
Secretary-GeneralLin Boqu
Legislative branch
LegislatureChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
Traditional Chinese中華人民共和國中央人民政府
Simplified Chinese中华人民共和国中央人民政府

During the first five years of the People's Republic of China (1949 to 1954), the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China served as supreme organ for exercising state power when the National People's Congress was not in session, as determined by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]

Since 1954, the Central People's Government has been synonymous with the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The term Central People's Government is still used in Mainland agencies in Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.[citation needed]

History[edit]

On 27 September 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference passed the Organic Law of the Central People's Government. It also elected the Central People's Government Committee on 30 September.[2][3]

Organizational structure[edit]

The Central People's Government was then composed of:[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Article 12, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
  2. ^ "中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议在北平举行" [The first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Beiping]. News of the Communist Party of China. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Part 6: 1st plenum of the CPPCC". The Common Program of the People's Republic of China 1949-1954. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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