Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (1949–54)

In the first five years of the People's Republic of China (1949 to 1954), the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (the then official script—traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國中央人民政府) was the supreme organ for exercising state power when the National People's Congress is not in session, according to Article 12 of the Common Program of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (the then "provisional constitution").