March 5, 1998 (, February seventh day) Tiger years, the first session of the Ninth National People's Congress held in Beijing. In March 1998 -19 days the Ninth National People's Congress meeting held. The meeting approved a program of institutional reform of the State Council. The meeting elected Jiang Zemin as the State President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress chairman, Vice President Hu Jintao decided Zhu? Base for Premier.