Lists of candidates for Chinese premier, other leaders finalized for voting
BEIJING - The lists of candidates for premier of the State Council and some other Chinese leaders and legislators were finalized on Friday after the presidium of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) held its fifth and sixth meetings.
Both presidium meetings were presided over by Executive Chairman of the Presidium Zhao Leji.
At its fifth meeting on Friday morning, the presidium decided that the lists of candidates for premier, vice chairpersons and members of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China, director of the National Commission of Supervision, president of the Supreme People's Court, procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and members of the 14th NPC Standing Committee, would be sent to all NPC delegations for discussion and consultation.
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