（Approved at the 25th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on May 9， 1997）
颁布日期：19970509 　实施日期：19970509 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

In accordance with the Resolution of the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on the Number of Deputies to the Ninth National People's Congress and the Election of the Deputies， “for the time being 13 deputies of Taiwan Province will be elected among compatriots of Taiwan origin in other provinces， autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.” The Election procedure is that the deputies will be elected in Beijing through consultation among representatives sent by Taiwan compatriots in these provinces， autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

There are over 33，000 Taiwan compatriots across the country in the 31 provinces， autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and in the central Party， government and army institutions. It Is determined that 120 representatives will participate in the consultative election conference. The number will be allocated on the basis of the distribution of Taiwan compatriots including those in the army units stationed in various localities and the standing committees of the people's congresses of the provinces， autonomous regions， and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for organizing consultation for the election. The election should be completed before the end of December in 1997. The conference for consultative election will be convened in Beijing in January of 1998 and will last about seven days.

The consultative election of deputies of Taiwan Province to the Ninth National People's Congress should be conducted in a spirit of democracy. In the discussions on the candidates， consideration should be given to representative personages in various fields and proper attention paid to the candidates of the young and middle-aged， women and minority nationalities.

In line with the relevant stipulations of the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses at All Levels of the People's Republic of China， the deputies shall be elected by secret ballot following the election procedure in differential numbers.

The conference for consultative election will be called by Zhang Kehui， a member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee.

APPENDIX： PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE FOR THE CONSULTATIVE ELECTION OF DEPUTIES OF TAIWAN PROVINCE TO THE NINTH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS

Unit Number of compatriots Number of representatives

of the origin of Taiwan to take part in the

Province consultative conference

in Beijing

  Beijing Municipality            1,426                          6
  Tianjin Municipality              843                          4
  Hebei Province                    769                          3
  Shanxi Province                   129                          1
  Inner Mongolia
  Autonomous Region                 183                          1
  Liaoning Province               1,428                          6
  Jilin Province                    292                          2
  Heilongjiang Province             395                          2
  Shanghai Municipality           1,354                          6
  Jiangsu Province                1,446                          6
  Zhejiang Province               1,635                          6
  Anhui Province                    621                          3
  Fujian Province                12,043                         15
  Jiangxi Province                1,432                          6
  Shandong Province                 496                          2
  Henan Province                    527                          3
  Hubei Province                    479                          2
  Hunan Province                    587                          3
  Guangdong Province              2,569                          9
  Guangxi Zhuang
  Autonomous Region                 388                          2
  Hainan Province                 2,951                          9
  Chongqing Municipality            296                          1
  Sichuan Province                  424                          2
  Guizhou Province                  174                          1
  Yunnan Province                   340                          2
  Tibet Autonomous Region             0                          0
  Shaanxi Province                  201                          1
  Gansu Province                    112                          1
  Qinghai Province                   64                          1
  Ningxia Hui
  Autonomous Region                  39                          1
  Xinjiang Uygur
  Autonomous Region                 168                          1
  Organs directly under the
  Central Committee of the
  Communist Party of China                                       4
  State organs                                                   6
  Units of the People's
  Liberation Army stationed
  in Beijing                                                     2
  Total                          33,692                        120