Xi Jinping unanimously elected Chinese president, PRC CMC chairman (2)

Xi Jinping is unanimously elected president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the PRC at the third plenary meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2023. Thunderous applause broke out across the Great Hall of the People when the results of the elections were pronounced. [Photo/Xinhua]

The staff announced the ballot count results.

The results showed that in both the elections of the president of the PRC and chairman of the PRC CMC, Xi Jinping had all the 2,952 votes in favor of him. All those present responded by standing up and clapping hands vigorously.

Li Ganjie announced that Comrade Xi Jinping was elected president of the PRC.

Xi bowed to the deputies, who paid their respects to him with a round of warm applause. Li Zhanshu and Li Qiang, who were standing nearby, shook hands with Xi to extend their congratulations.

When Li Ganjie announced that Comrade Xi Jinping was elected chairman of the PRC CMC, thunderous applause broke out again. Xi bowed to the deputies again.

Li Ganjie then made the following announcements in turn:

Comrade Zhao Leji was elected chairman of the 14th NPC Standing Committee.

Han Zheng was elected vice president of the PRC.

Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, and Shohrat Zakir were elected vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC.

Liu Qi was elected secretary-general of the 14th NPC Standing Committee.

Warm applause broke out when the results of the elections were announced.

Amid the applause, Zhao Leji, China's newly elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC, stood up and bowed to the deputies. Then, Zhao walked up to Xi and they shook hands cordially. Xi congratulated him on his election. Zhao and Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC, also shook hands with sincere regards.

Amid the applause, Han Zheng, newly elected vice president of the PRC, stood up and bowed to the deputies. Then, Han walked up to Xi and they shook hands cordially. Xi congratulated him on his election. Han and Wang Qishan also shook hands with sincere regards.

In accordance with the organizational measures of the presidium of the first session of the 14th NPC on the constitutional oath, the oath-taking ceremony was held after the agenda of the meeting was completed.

At 11:07 am, the bugler of the military band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) sounded the horn on the spot.

Twelve soldiers of the honor guard of the PLA marched in two rows from the rear of the venue to stand in front of the rostrum.

All present rose. On the rostrum, three soldiers marched to escort the Constitution of the PRC and placed it on the oath platform.