2nd National People's Congress

The 2nd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1959 to 1964.

Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in February 1959, finished all the preparatory work for selection of deputies, which were voted by representatives of the provincial legislatures and the city legislatures of the then two Direct-administered municipalities of China: Beijing and Shanghai.

The elections were held in accordance with the 1953 Electoral Law.

During the first session, Mao Zedong relinquished his role as chairman of the People's Republic to Liu Shaoqi.

[2] The Congress elected the state leaders:

The third session of the 2nd NPC in 1962.
The fourth session of the 2nd NPC in 1966.