Padma Choling is elected vice-chairperson of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the first session of the 13th NPC Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2018. (Xinhua)

Padma Choling, born in October 1951 of Tibetan ethnicity, was a member of the 18th CPC Central Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC and a vice chairman of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the NPC.