Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress 新疆维吾尔自治区人民代表大会 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق خەلق قۇرۇلتىيى།
Type
Type	Province-level people's congress
Established	1956
Structure
Committees	Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Website
www.xjpcsc.gov.cn
Constitution
Constitution of the People's Republic of China

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]

See also

• System of people's congress

References

1. 新疆历史. 中国新疆丛书 (in Chinese). 五洲传播出版社. 2002. p. 64. ISBN 978-7-80113-944-3. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
2. 人民手册 (in Chinese). Da gong bao. 1956. p. 598. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
3. China. 全国人民代表大会. 常务委员会. 办公庁. 研究室 (1987). 全国人大及其常委会大事记, 1954年-1987年 (in Chinese). 法律出版社. p. 71. ISBN 978-7-5036-0257-3. Retrieved 2024-12-09.