Timeline Monday 20 September 1954

Events on Monday 20 September 1954 1

• 1954 China adopts its first constitution National People's Congress formalizes Communist state structures The First National People's Congress convened in Beijing and adopted the People's Republic of China's first constitution. The document formalized the political structure established after the 1949 revolution, with Mao Zedong as chairman. It replaced the provisional governing framework used since the founding of the republic.