颁布日期：20020428 实施日期：20020428 颁布单位：全国人大常委会
In accordance with the Decision of the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People s Congress on the Number of Deputies to the Tenth National People s Congress and the Election of the Deputies， “For the time being， 13 deputies representing Taiwan Province shall be elected from among people of Taiwan origin in the other provinces， the autonomous2 regions， and the municipalities directly under the Central Government， and the Chinese People s Liberation Army.” The deputies will be elected in Beijing through consultation3 from 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 more than 36，000 Taiwan compatriots in the 31 provinces， autonomous regions， and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the central Party， government and army institutions. It is decided4 that 122 representatives will participate in the conference for election through consultation. The number of representatives will be allocated5 on the basis of the geographic6 distribution of Taiwan compatriots on the mainland， including those in the army units stationed in the various places， 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 making arrangements for the election of the representatives through consultation. The election shall be completed by the end of December of 2002.
The conference for consultative election will be convened7 in Beijing in January， 2003 and will last about one week.
The consultative election of deputies of Taiwan Province to the Tenth National People s Congress should be conducted in a democratic manner. In deliberating on the candidates， consideration should be given to representation of people s in all fields of endeavor and proper attention should be paid to the election of candidates from among the youth and middle-aged8， 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 of People s Republic of China， the deputies shall be elected by secret ballot9 from among a larger number of candidates.
The conference for consultative election will be called by Yang Guoqing and Liu Yiming， member of the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress.
Appendix：
Plan for the Allocation of the Number of Representatives Who Will Attend the Conference for the Consultative Election of Deputies of Taiwan Province to the Tenth National People s Congress
Region or Number of compatriots Number of
Institution from Taiwan Province representatives
to take part in the
consultative conference
Beijing Municipality 1500 6
Tianjin Municipality 891 4
Hebei Province 720 3
Shanxi Province 120 1
Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region 181 1
Liaoning Province 1480 6
Jilin Province 238 2
Heilongjiang Province 364 2
Shanghai Municipality 1552 6
Jiangsu Province 1446 6
Zhejiang Province 1839 6
Anhui Province 691 3
Fujian Province 13114 15
Jiangxi Province 1489 6
Shandong Province 368 2
Henan Province 580 3
Hubei Province 480 2
Hunan Province 597 3
Guangdong Province 3010 9
Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region 332 2
Hainan Province 2224 9
Chongqing Municipality 350 2
Sichuan Province 473 2
Guizhou Province 175 1
Yunnan Province 412 2
Tibet Autonomous Region 0 0
Shaanxi Province 309 2
Gansu Province 131 1
Qinghai Province 61 1
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 38 1
Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region 168 1
Institutions under the
Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China 4
Central Government Institutions 6
General departments of the
People s Liberation Army 2
Total 36333 122
