Provincial assemblies (Qing dynasty)
Political advisory body in the late Qing dynasty
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The Provincial assemblies (simplified Chinese: 咨议局; traditional Chinese: 諮議局) were provincial advisory institutions established in 1909 in each province during the Constitutional Movement of the late Qing dynasty.
| Provincial Assemblies | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 省諮議局 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 省谘议局 | ||||||||
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According to the Regulation of the Consultative Bureau, the meetings of the Bureau were divided into two types: regular meetings and temporary meetings.[1]
Overview
The Consultative Bureau was the local institution of the Advisory Council,[2] and it had a Speaker and two Deputy Speakers.
Except for Xinjiang, all provinces announced the establishment of Consultative Bureaus sequentially.[3] In total, there were 21 Consultative Bureaus throughout the Qing Dynasty.[4]
From March 1909, each province began to elect members of the Consultative Bureau one after another.[5] On October 14, with the exception of Xinjiang, all 21 provincial Consultative Bureaus were established and opened as scheduled, with more than 1,670 members elected.[6]
The election of members of the Consultative Bureau is the first election of public opinion representatives in the history of China.[7]