(Published under the authority of the Two Sessions) The Fourth Plenary Session of the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress Held According to the Nomination of President Xi Jinping, Li Qiang was appointed as Premier of the State Council President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11. The First Session of the 14th National People's Congress held its fourth plenary meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of the 11th. According to the nomination of President Xi Jinping, after a vote, Li Qiang was decided to be the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

President Xi Jinping signed Presidential Decree No. 1, appointing Li Qiang as Premier of the State Council according to the decision of the General Assembly.

　　Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Han Zheng, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and others attended the meeting.

　　The meeting should be attended by 2,977 delegates, 2,947 were present, and 30 were absent, and the number of attendees met the quorum.

　　The meeting was presided over by Wang Dongming, executive chairman of the conference and executive chairman of the bureau.

The executive chairmen of the conference Ma Xingrui, Wang Xiaohui, Yin Hong, Sun Shaocheng, Zhang Youxia, Zhang Qingwei, Zhao Yide, Xin Changxing, and Dong Yunhu took their seats at the executive chairman's seat on the rostrum.

　　The agenda of this meeting is: according to the nomination of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, to decide the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Chairman of the Committee; Election of the President of the Supreme People's Court; Election of the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate; Election of members of the Standing Committee of the Fourteenth National People's Congress.

　　After Xi Jinping nominated the candidates for the Premier of the State Council and the candidates for the Vice Chairman and members of the Central Military Commission, various delegations deliberated.

According to the brewing opinions of the delegations, the bureau meeting decided to submit this plenary meeting to decide on the appointment.

　　The meeting read out Xi Jinping's nomination letter for the Premier of the State Council and the nomination letter for the vice chairman and committee members of the Central Military Commission.

　　The candidates for the director of the National Supervisory Commission, the president of the Supreme People's Court, the chief procurator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress were nominated by the presidium, and various delegations held consultations.

On the basis of the opinions of the majority of delegates, the bureau meeting determined the official list of candidates, which was referred to this plenary meeting for election.

　　At 9:24, after the chief voter and scrutineer checked the electronic ballot box and the electronic election system, the staff began to distribute the ballots.

Each representative gets 6 votes.

　　According to the method of election and appointment of the General Assembly, the candidates for the Premier of the State Council and the vice-chairmen and members of the Central Military Commission will be selected to vote, and the director of the National Supervisory Commission, the President of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress will be elected. Committee votes.

　　After writing, voting, and counting votes, at 11 o'clock, the staff began to announce the results of voting and election counting.

　　After the host announced Comrade Li Qiang as the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the audience burst into warm applause, and Li Qiang stood up and bowed to the representatives.

He then turned to Xi Jinping, the two shook hands cordially, and Xi Jinping congratulated him.

Li Qiang shook hands with Comrade Li Keqiang again and exchanged greetings.

　　Then, the moderator announced in turn:

　　Comrades Zhang Youxia and He Weidong are vice-chairmen of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China.

　　Comrades Li Shangfu, Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua and Zhang Shengmin are members of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China.

　　Comrade Liu Jinguo was elected as the director of the National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China.

　　Comrade Zhang Jun was elected President of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China.

　　Comrade Ying Yong was elected as the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China.

　　159 candidates were elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Fourteenth National People's Congress.

　　There was warm applause at the scene when every vote and election result was announced.

　　According to the organization method of the presidium of the General Assembly on constitutional oath, after the completion of the plenary meeting, Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council, Liu Jinguo, Director of the National Supervisory Commission, Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court, and Ying Yong, Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, respectively took the constitutional oath ; The vice chairman and members of the Central Military Commission and members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress took a collective oath.