Xi Jinping was elected deputy to the 13th National People's Congress or NPC by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th provincial people's congress of Jiangsu Province on Thursday.
Xi was nominated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China or CPC as a candidate for deputy to the 14th NPC, which was put to a vote at the provincial congress.
The announcement of Xi's unanimous election won thunderous applause at the session.
Xi was among 144 deputies elected to the new NPC at the provincial congress on Thursday afternoon.
The unanimous vote for Xi by 785 deputies to the provincial people's congress represents the heartfelt aspiration of more than 85 million residents in Jiangsu, the deputies said.
It is also a vivid demonstration of the loyalty to the core of the CPC and support of the people's leader by more than 1.4 billion Chinese from various ethnic groups, according to the deputies.
The 14th NPC will open its first annual session in Beijing on March 5.
