Huizhou, situated in the southeast of Guangdong Province and at the northeastern tip of the Pearl River Delta, is a historic city in the province. Formerly known as Xuzhou Prefecture and Zhenzhou Prefecture in ancient times, it has been part of the administrative division system for over 1,400 years and has long served as a political, economic, cultural, and transportation hub of the Dongjiang River Basin. On the afternoon of October 14, 1949, Huizhou was liberated. In December of the same year, the Huizhou Town People's Government was founded, under the jurisdiction of the Huiyang County People's Government. After liberation, its administrative status underwent several adjustments:

 June 1958: Huizhou was upgraded from Huizhou Town to a county-level city;

May 1959: It was reverted to Huizhou Town from a county-level city;

anuary 1968: It was restored to a county-level city;

 February 1988: The People's Government of Guangdong Province abolished the Huiyang Prefectural Administrative Office, and the former county-level Huizhou City was upgraded to a prefecture-level city.

The development of the people's congress system in Huizhou has evolved from the Conference of People's Representatives from All Walks of Life to the People's Congress. It has been gradually adjusted and improved in response to changes in Huizhou's administrative divisions and the advancement of the country's democratic and legal systems.

In the early years after the founding of the PRC, under the advocacy and supervision of the CPC Central Committee, a wave of democratic governance construction swept across the country. The People's Congress System was established as the state power system, but due to immature conditions for universal suffrage at that time, the Conference of People's Representatives from All Walks of Life was adopted as a transitional form. This conference differed from the People's Congress in two key aspects:

1.Representatives were selected through consultations among people from all sectors of society, with some invited by the people's government;

2.It was not a governing body but an organizational form of the people's democratic united front, as well as a consultative and advisory body for the people's government to connect with the masses and promote policies. It only acted as an interim governing body when exercising the powers of the People's Congress.

In accordance with the Common Program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and relevant instructions and documents from the CPC Central Committee, the Central People's Government, and the State Council, the first Conference of People's Representatives from All Walks of Life of Huizhou Town was held in February 1950. By December 1950, a total of 4 such conferences (including 5 sessions) had been held. These conferences exercised some powers on behalf of the Town People's Congress, heard and reviewed the work report of the town people's government, and deliberated and decided on major work and issues. Thus, they played a certain role as a governing body and laid the foundation for the establishment of the Town People's Congress.

In 1953, while launching large-scale planned economic construction, the PRC also made new progress in developing democratic politics and the legal system, creating mature conditions for convening the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at all levels. In January of the same year, the 20th session of the Central People's Government Committee adopted the Resolution on Convening the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses at All Levels; in February, the 22nd session of the Central People's Government Committee reviewed and adopted the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China.

In this unprecedented election in Chinese history, Huizhou Town completed the election of deputies to its first People's Congress in May 1954, and the first Huizhou Town People's Congress was convened. As the local organ of state power at the town level, it exercised powers on behalf of the town's people. By September 1963, Huizhou Town had held 5 People's Congresses (including 5 sessions). During this period, Huizhou Town was upgraded to a county-level city and later reverted to a town. For the purpose of counting sessions, the town and city-level People's Congresses were combined. Therefore, the first Huizhou City People's Congress convened in May 1958 was also counted as the third Huizhou Town People's Congress.

At the start of the "Cultural Revolution," the people's congress system suffered severe setbacks and damage. From 1966 to 1977 (a 12-year period), local people's congresses at all levels ceased to hold meetings and carry out activities, existing in name only. Local organs of state power were replaced by Revolutionary Committees, which integrated Party, government, military, judicial, and procuratorial powers.

In January 1968, the Huizhou City Revolutionary Committee was established. In accordance with the provision in the 1975 Constitution that "local revolutionary committees at all levels shall also be the permanent organs of local people's congresses at all levels," it was reckoned as the second Huizhou City People's Congress, with its term lasting from January 1968 to May 1981.

After the downfall of the "Gang of Four," local people's congresses at all levels gradually resumed their activities in 1977. The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, held in December 1978, summarized the historical experiences and lessons since the founding of the PRC, especially the painful lessons of the "Cultural Revolution," and put forward the tasks of developing socialist democracy, improving the socialist legal system, and institutionalizing and legalizing democracy. Since then, the construction of the people's congress system has entered a new historical period.

At the end of 1980, the county-level Huizhou City completed the election of deputies to its third People's Congress. In June 1981, the first session of the third Huizhou City People's Congress was convened. It heard and reviewed the work reports of the municipal revolutionary committee, the municipal people's court, and the municipal people's procuratorate; elected new administrative, judicial, and procuratorial organs; and in accordance with the Resolution on Amending Certain Provisions of the Constitution adopted at the second session of the Fifth National People's Congress in July 1979 and the Local Organic Law, elected the Standing Committee of the Third Huizhou City People's Congress. Before Huizhou was reorganized into a district in 1988, the city had held 5 People's Congresses (including 10 sessions), with a standing committee established since the third People's Congress.

In February 1988, the People's Government of Guangdong Province abolished the Huiyang Prefectural Administrative Office. Huizhou City was upgraded to a prefecture-level city, and the former Huizhou City was reorganized into Huicheng District, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level Huizhou City. In May of the same year, following the upgrade, deputies to the first People's Congress of the prefecture-level Huizhou City were elected; in June, the first session of the sixth Huizhou City People's Congress was held (continuing the sequence of People's Congresses held before the upgrade). Through elections, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal People's Government, the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, and the Municipal People's Procuratorate were established.