The People's Congress of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Chinese: 新疆维吾尔自治区人民代表大会, شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق قۇرۇلتىيى), or Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress, is the local people's congress of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 2nd session of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress in 1956 officially announced the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the regional government, following decisions taken by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.[1]
History
On September 13, 1955, the Twenty-first Session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a resolution to establish the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, thereby dissolving Xinjiang Province and adopting the administrative territory of the former Xinjiang Province.[2] In 1956, the inaugural People's Congress of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was convened.[3]