Li Keqiang was nominated Friday by newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping as the candidate for premier at the ongoing parliament session.

Nearly 3,000 deputies to the 12th National People's Congress will vote to decide the country's new premier at a plenary meeting.

Fan Changlong, Xu Qiliang nominated vice chairmen of Central Military Commission of PRC

Fan Changlong and Xu Qiliang were nominated vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China at the annual session of the 12th National People's Congress Friday morning.

Chang Wanquan, Fang Fenghui, Zhang Yang, Zhao Keshi, Zhang Youxia, Wu Shengli, Ma Xiaotian and Wei Fenghe were nominated members of the CMC.

They were nominated by Xi Jinping, chairman of the CMC of the People's Republic of China, according to the Constitution.

Zhou Qiang nominated president of China's Supreme People's Court

Zhou Qiang was nominated president of the Supreme People's Court at the annual session of the 12th National People's Congress Friday morning.

Cao Jianming nominated procurator-general of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate

Cao Jianming was nominated procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate at the annual session of the 12th National People's Congress Friday morning.

Top legislature to choose new premier today

The candidate for China's new premier has been finalized for national lawmakers to vote on Friday, said a statement issued Thursday after the sixth presidium meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC).

The lists of candidates for vice chairpersons and members of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China and for the president of the Supreme People's Court and the procurator-general were also finalized and will be put on voting on Friday, said the statement.

The candidates for the premier and CMC vice chairpersons and members were nominated by newly-elected President and CMC Chairman Xi Jinping.

The candidates for the president of the Supreme People's Court and the procurator-general were proposed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

On Friday, nearly 3,000 NPC deputies will vote to decide on the premier as well as CMC vice chairpersons and members. They will also vote to elect the president of the Supreme People's Court and the procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Source from Xinhua