Beijing, China – March 10, 2023 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
1. Third plenary meeting of first session of 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) in progress
2. Various of scrutineers examining ballot boxes
3. Various of staff workers distributing ballots to deputies, deputies passing ballots
4. Banner of first session of 14th NPC, flags, Chinese national emblem on rostrum
5. Various of scrutineers casting ballots
6. Various of meeting in progress, deputies clapping hands
7. Various of Xi Jinping walking towards ballot box, casting ballots with other deputies clapping hands
8. Li Qiang casting ballots
9. Zhao Leji casting ballots
10. Wang Huning casting ballots
11. Han Zheng casting ballots
12. Cai Qi casting ballots
13. Ding Xuexiang casting ballots
14. Li Xi casting ballots
15. Various of deputies casting ballots
16. Various of meeting in progress with deputies waiting for results
17. Chief scrutineer reporting on issuance and recall of ballots
18. Various of deputies clapping hands as voting result was announced
19. Electronic screen showing vote counting result of Xi Jinping
20. Various of deputies standing up, clapping hands
21. Xi clapping hands
22. Various of deputies clapping hands as voice announcing Xi elected president of People’s Republic of China (PRC)
23. Xi bowing
24. Various of deputies clapping hands
25. Xi (L) shaking hands with Li Zhanshu (R)
26. Deputies clapping hands
27. Xi (R) shaking hands with Li Qiang (L)
28. Various of deputies clapping hands, voice announcing Xi elected chairman of PRC Central Military Commission (CMC)
29. Electronic screen showing vote counting result of CMC chairman
30. Various of deputies clapping hands
31. Xi clapping hands
32. Various of deputies clapping hands
33. Xi bowing
34. Various of deputies clapping hands
35. Various of meeting in progress, deputies
36. Various of deputies clapping hands
37. Zhao Leji, newly elected chairman of NPC Standing Committee, standing up, bowing
38. Deputies clapping hands
39. Xi (R) shaking hands with Zhao (L)
40. Various of deputies clapping hands
41. Zhao (R) shaking hands with Li Zhanshu (L)
42. Various of deputies clapping hands, meeting in progress
43. Han Zheng, newly elected vice president of PRC, standing up, bowing
44. Various of deputies clapping hands
45. Xi (R) shaking hands with Han (L)
46. Deputies clapping hands
47. Han (R) shaking hands with Wang Qishan (L)
48. Deputies clapping hands
49. Li Hongzhong (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
50. Wang Dongming (R), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
51. Xiao Jie (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
52. Zheng Jianbang (L), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
53. Ding Zhongli (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
54. Hao Mingjin (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
55. Cai Dafeng (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
56. He Wei (R), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
57. Wu Weihua (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
58. Tie Ning (C), newly elected vice chairwoman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
59. Peng Qinghua (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
60. Zhang Qingwei (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
61. Losang Jamcan (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
62. Shohrat Zakir (C), newly elected vice chairman of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
63. Meeting in progress
64. Deputies clapping hands
65. Liu Qi (R), newly elected secretary-general of 14th NPC Standing Committee, at meeting
66. Various of deputies, meeting in progress
Storyline
Xi Jinping was unanimously elected president of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission (CMC) on Friday at the ongoing first session of the 14th National People’s Congress.
Thunderous applause reverberated in the Great Hall of the People when the election result was announced at the third plenary meeting of the annual session.
Xi, 69, stood up and bowed, while the voters responded by standing up and clapping hands vigorously. Li Qiang and Li Zhanshu, who stood beside Xi, shook hands with him and expressed congratulations.
In October last year, Xi was elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and was also named CMC chairman of the CPC at the first plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.
He was first elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in late 2012, and Chinese president and CMC chairman of the PRC in March 2013.
Also at Friday’s meeting, lawmakers elected Zhao Leji chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and Han Zheng Chinese vice president.
A total of 14 people were elected vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC, China’s national legislature.
They are Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, and Shohrat Zakir.
Liu Qi was elected secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee.
The first session of the 14th NPC opened on March 5 and is scheduled to conclude on March 13.
