Li Zhanshu elected chairman of NPC Standing Committee

Li Zhanshu was elected chairman of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee on Saturday morning at the ongoing annual session of China's national legislature.

Li Zhanshu takes a public oath of allegiance to the Constitution in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 17, 2018. Li Zhanshu was elected chairman of the 13th NPC Standing Committee on Saturday morning at the meeting. [Photo: Xinhua]

Li is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Li Zhanshu (L, front) shakes hands with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), at the fifth plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2018. Li Zhanshu was elected chairman of the 13th NPC Standing Committee on Saturday morning at the meeting. [Photo: Xinhua]

Nearly 3,000 lawmakers also elected 14 vice chairpersons and the secretary general of the NPC Standing Committee.