Great Hall of the People

Great Hall of the People
Great Hall of the People
	The Auditorium of Ten Thousand People
Simplified Chinese	人民大会堂
Traditional Chinese	人民大會堂
Literal meaning	People's Great Assembly Hall
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Rénmín Dàhuìtáng; [ɻə̌nmǐn tâxwêɪtʰǎŋ]
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Renmin Dahhueytarng
Wade–Giles	Jenmin Tahuit'ang

Great Hall of the People
Great Hall of the People
人民大会堂
	The Great Hall of the People, facing the Monument to the People's Heroes.
General information
Location	Renda Huitang West Road; Tiananmen Square,; Xicheng, Beijing
Country	China
Coordinates	39°54′12″N 116°23′15″E / 39.90333°N 116.38750°E
Opened	September 1959

The Great Hall of the People is a state building situated to the west of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. It is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the government of the People's Republic of China. The People's Great Hall functions as the meeting place for the full sessions of China's legislature, the National People's Congress, which occurs every year during March along with the national session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body. The Great Hall is also the meeting place of the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which, since the 12th conference in 1982, has occurred once every five years, and the party's Central Committee which meets approximately once a year.

The Hall is also used for many special events, including national level meetings of various social and political organizations, large anniversary celebrations, as well as the memorial services for former leaders. The Great Hall of the People is also a popular attraction in the city frequented by tourists visiting the capital.^[1]^[2]

^ Yu, S. (2013). Chang'an Avenue and the Modernization of Chinese Architecture. China Program Books. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80448-4. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
^ Wang, J. (2011). Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing. G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. World Scientific. p. 377. ISBN 978-981-4295-72-7. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[Yu_2013_p.-1] Yu, S. (2013). Chang'an Avenue and the Modernization of Chinese Architecture. China Program Books. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80448-4. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[Wang_2011_p._377-2] Wang, J. (2011). Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing. G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. World Scientific. p. 377. ISBN 978-981-4295-72-7. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

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