Zhao Leji elected executive chairman of NPC session presidium

Zhao Leji and 10 other deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) on Saturday were elected executive chairpersons of the presidium for the first session of the 14th NPC.

Zhao is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

They were elected at the first meeting of the presidium that was elected earlier Saturday at the preparatory meeting of the first session.