Parliament is unicameral and is located in Beijing.
The National People’s Congress has nearly 3,000 members, who are elected to five-year terms by local people’s congresses. In practice, the body has no real power.
Dynasties
618-907 Tang
902-979 Five Dynasties / Ten Kingdoms
907-1125 Liao
960-1279 Song
1032-1227 Western Xia
1115-1234 Jin
1207-1367 Yuan
1368-1644 Ming
1616-1911 Qing
Premiers
1901-1903 Ronglu
1903-1911 Yikuang, Prince Qing
1912-1912 Lu Zhengxiang
1912-1912 Yuan Shikai
1912-1912 Tang Shaoyi
1912-1913 Xiong Xiling
1914-1914 Sun Baoyi
1914-1915 Xu Shichang
1915-1916 (Vacant)
1916-1917 Duan Qirui
1917-1918 Wang Shizhen
1918-1918 Duan Qirui
1918-1919 Qian Nengxun
1919-1919 Gong Xinzhan
1919-1920 Jin Yunpeng
1921-1922 Liang Shiyi
1922-1922 Yan Huiqin
1922-1922 Wang Chonghui
1922-1923 Wang Daxie
1923-1923 Zhang Shaozeng
1923-1924 Gao Lingwei
1924-1924 Sun Baoyi
1924-1924 Gu Weijun
1924-1924 Yan Huiqing
1924-1924 Huang Fu (Acting)
1924-1925 Duan Qirui
1925-1926 Xu Shiying
1926-1926 Jia Deyao
1926-1926 Hu Weide
1926-1926 Du Xigui (Acting)
1926-1927 Gu Weijun
1927-1927 (Civil Disorder)
1928-1930 Tan Yankai
1930-1930 Song Ziwen (Acting)
1930-1930 Wang Jingwei
1930-1931 Jiang Jieshi (Chiang K’ai-shek)
1931-1932 Sun Fo
1932-1935 Wang Jingwei
1935-1937 Jiang Jieshi
1937-1938 Wang Chonghui
1938-1939 Kong Xiangxi
1939-1944 Jiang Jieshi
1944-1947 Song Ziwen (T.V. Soong)
1945-1949 (Civil War)
1948-1948 Wang Wenhao
1948-1949 Sun Fo
1949-1949 He Yingqin
1949-1949 Yan Xishan
1949-1976 Zhou Enlai
1976-1980 Hua Guofeng
1980-1987 Zhao Ziyang
1987-1998 Li Peng
1998-2003 Zhu Rongji
2003 now Wen Jiabao
Presidents
1912-1912 Sun Yixian
1912-1916 Yüan Shikai
1916-1917 Li Yuanhoung
1917-1918 Feng Gouzhang
1918-1922 Xu Shichang
1921-1925 Sun Yixian (Canton Administration)
1922-1923 Li Yuanhoung
1923-1924 Cao Kun
1924-1926 Duan Qirui
1926-1927 (Civil Disorder)
1927-1928 Zhang Zuolin
1928-1931 Jiang Jieski
1931-1932 Chang Mingxu (Acting)
1932-1943 Lin Sen
1943-1949 Jiang Jieshi
1945-1949 (Civil War)
1949-1949 Li Zongren
1949-1959 Mao Zedong
1959-1968 Liu Shaoqi
1968-1975 Dong Biwu
1975-1976 Zhu De
1976-1978 Song Qingling
1978-1983 Ye Jianying
1983-1988 Li Xiannian
1988-1993 Yang Shangkun
1993-2003 Zhiang Zemin
2003 now Hu Jintao
