Vice President of the People's Republic of China
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| Vice President of the People's Republic of China |
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| Incumbent: Xi Jinping |
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| Appointer | the National People's Congress |
| Term length | 2 terms of NPC session |
| Inaugural | Zhu De |
| Formation | 1954-1975 June 18, 1983 |
The Vice President of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国副主席; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國副主席; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Fù Zhǔxí), literally Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China, or abbreviated Guójiā Fù Zhǔxí 国家副主席, literally Vice State Chairman) is a senior position in the government of the People's Republic of China.
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[edit] Selection and Powers
The office was created by the 1982 Constitution. Formally, the Vice President is elected by the National People's Congress in accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution. In practice, this election falls into the category of 'single-candidate' elections. The candidate is recommended by the Presidium of the National People's Congress. And the NPC has the power to recall the Vice President.
By law, the Vice President must be a Chinese citizen of 45 years of age or older. He or she cannot serve for over two terms, a term being the equivalent of one session of the NPC, which is five years.
The Vice President's duties include assisting the President, and replacing him should he resign or die in office. In reality the position of the Vice-President is basically ceremonial, and only the two most recent Vice-Presidents have been members of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's main decision makers.
[edit] List of Vice Presidents
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| # | President | Took office | Left office | President | Term | |
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| Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China: 1954-1975 | ||||||
| 01 |  |
Zhu De | 1954 | 1959 | Mao Zedong | 1 |
| 02 |  |
Soong Ching-ling Serving with below |
1959 | 1975 | Mao Zedong | 2 |
| 02 |  |
Dong Biwu>Serving with above | 1959 | 1975 | Mao Zedong | 2 |
| Post abolished: 1975-1983[1] | ||||||
| — | (vacant) collectively executed by the twenty vice-chairmen |
1975 | 1983 | Dong Biwu & Song Qingling |
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| Zhu De & Jiang Qing |
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| Ye Jianying & Song Qingling |
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Ulanhu | 1983 | 1988 | Li Xiannian | 6 |
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Wang Zhen | 1988 | 1993 | Yang Shangkun | 7 |
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Rong Yiren | 1993 | 1998 | Jiang Zemin | 8 |
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Hu Jintao | 1998 | 2003 | Jiang Zemin | 9 |
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Zeng Qinghong | 2003 | 2008 | Hu Jintao | 10 |
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Xi Jinping | 2008 | incumbent | Hu Jintao | 11 |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ The position of Chairman and Vice Chairman was officially abolished in 1975 and the functions of head of State were formally transmitted to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
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