Laws of the People's Republic of China

    In accordance with the Resolution of the Fifth Session of the Eighth
National People's Congress on the Number of Deputies to the Ninth National
People's Congress and the Election of the Deputies, "for the time being 13
deputies of Taiwan Province will be elected among compatriots of Taiwan origin
in other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the
Central Government and in the Chinese People's Liberation Army." The election
procedure is that the deputies will be elected in Beijing through consultation
among representatives sent by Taiwan compatriots in these provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government
and in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

    There are over 33,000 Taiwan compatriots across the country in the 31
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central
Government and in the central Party, government and army institutions. It is
determined that 120 representatives will participate in the consultative
election conference. The number will be allocated on the basis of the
distribution of Taiwan compatriots including those in the army units
stationed in various localities and the standing committees of the people's
congresses of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly
under the Central Government shall be responsible for organizing consultation
for the election. The election should be completed before the end of
December in 1997.

    The conference for consultative election will be convened in Beijing in
January of 1998 and will last about seven days.

    The consultative election of deputies of Taiwan Province to the Ninth
National People's Congress should be conducted in a spirit of democracy. In
the discussions on the candidates, consideration should be given to
representative personages in various fields and proper attention paid to the
candidates of the young and middle-aged, women and minority nationalities.

    In line with the relevant stipulations of the Electoral Law of the
National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses at All Levels of the
People's Republic of China, the deputies shall be elected by secret ballot
following the election procedure in differential numbers.

    The conference for consultative election will be called by Zhang Kehui, a
member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee.

    Appendix: PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
ATTEND THE CONFERENCE FOR THE CONSULTATIVE ELECTION OF DEPUTIES OF TAIWAN
PROVINCE TO THE NINTH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS

         Unit              Number of compatriots    Number of representatives

                           of the origin of Taiwan  to take part in the

                           Province                 consultative conference

                                                    in Beijing

  Beijing Municipality            1,426                          6

  Tianjin Municipality              843                          4

  Hebei Province                    769                          3

  Shanxi Province                   129                          1

  Inner Mongolia

  Autonomous Region                 183                          1

  Liaoning Province               1,428                          6

  Jilin Province                    292                          2

  Heilongjiang Province             395                          2

  Shanghai Municipality           1,354                          6

  Jiangsu Province                1,446                          6

  Zhejiang Province               1,635                          6

  Anhui Province                    621                          3

  Fujian Province                12,043                         15

  Jiangxi Province                1,432                          6

  Shandong Province                 496                          2

  Henan Province                    527                          3

  Hubei Province                    479                          2

  Hunan Province                    587                          3

  Guangdong Province              2,569                          9

  Guangxi Zhuang

  Autonomous Region                 388                          2

  Hainan Province                 2,951                          9

  Chongqing Municipality            296                          1

  Sichuan Province                  424                          2

  Guizhou Province                  174                          1

  Yunnan Province                   340                          2

  Tibet Autonomous Region             0                          0

  Shaanxi Province                  201                          1

  Gansu Province                    112                          1

  Qinghai Province                   64                          1

  Ningxia Hui

  Autonomous Region                  39                          1

  Xinjiang Uygur

  Autonomous Region                 168                          1

  Organs directly under the

  Central Committee of the

  Communist Party of China                                       4

  State organs                                                   6

  Units of the People's

  Liberation Army stationed

  in Beijing                                                     2

  Total                          33,692                        120