The 13th National People's Congress (NPC) was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and was in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It held five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year until before 2023, when the 14th National People's Congress first convened.
Seat distribution Major partyGeneral SecretarySeatsChinese Communist PartyXi Jinping2119Other PartiesChairpersonSeatsJiusan SocietyWu Weihua64China Democratic LeagueDing Zhongli58China National Democratic Construction AssociationHao Mingjin57China Association for Promoting DemocracyCai Dafeng55Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartyChen Zhu54Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangWan Exiang43China Zhi Gong PartyWan Gang38Taiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueSu Hui13IndependentsN/A479
Standing Committee Major partySeatsChinese Communist Party116Other PartiesSeatsChina Democratic League9China Association for Promoting Democracy7Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party7Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang6Jiusan Society4China National Democratic Construction Association3China Zhi Gong Party3Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League3Independents10
Organization
Council of Chairpersons
PartyTermChairmanLi ZhanshuCCPVice ChairpersonsWang ChenCCPCao JianmingCCPZhang ChunxianCCPShen YueyueCCPJi BingxuanCCPArken ImirbakiCCPWan ExiangRCCKChen ZhuCPWDPWang DongmingCCPPadma CholingCCPDing ZhongliCDLHao MingjinCNDCACai DafengCAPDWu WeihuaJSSecretary-GeneralYang ZhenwuCCPSource:
Special Committees
Special committeeChairpersonEthnic Affairs CommitteeBai ChunliConstitution and Law CommitteeLi FeiSupervisory and Judicial Affairs CommitteeWu YuliangFinancial and Economic Affairs CommitteeXu ShaoshiEducation, Science, Culture and Public Health CommitteeLi XueyongForeign Affairs CommitteeZhang YesuiOverseas Chinese Affairs CommitteeWang GuangyaEnvironment Protection and Resources Conservation CommitteeGao HuchengAgriculture and Rural Affairs CommitteeChen XiwenSocial Development Affairs CommitteeHe Yiting
The first session
The first session opened on 5 March 2018 and closed on 20 March 2018. All major state positions were elected in this session, including President, Vice President, Premier, and Congress Chairman.
Election results
NPCSC Chairman Election NPCSC Secretary-general Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Li Zhanshu 2970 0 0 Yang Zhenwu 297000 Presidential Election Vice-Presidential Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Xi Jinping2970 0 0 Wang Qishan 2969 10 NPCSC Vice-chairmen ElectionNSC Director Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against AbstainWang Chen297000 Yang Xiaodu 2969 1 0 Cao Jianming 2970 0 0 Zhang Chunxian 2969 1 0 Shen Yueyue 2969 1 0 Ji Bingxuan 2970 0 0 Arken Imirbaki 2970 0 0 Wan Exiang 2970 0 0 Chen Zhu 2970 0 0 Liu Yuan 2 0 0 Wang Dongming 2969 1 0 Padma Choling 2970 0 0 Ding Zhongli 2968 1 1 Hao Mingjin 2970 0 0 Cai Dafeng 2969 1 0 Wu Weihua 2970 0 0 Premierial Election Vice-Premierial Election Li Keqiang 2964 2 0 Han Zheng 2965 4 0 Sun Chunlan 2956 5 8 Hu Chunhua 2968 0 1 Liu He 2964 3 2 CMC Chairmanship Election CMC Vice-Chairmanship Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Xi Jinping 2970 0 0 Xu Qiliang 2962 0 4 Zhang Youxia 2963 2 1 Supreme Court President Election Procurator-general Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Zhou Qiang 2956 5 5 Zhang Jun 2951 5 10
The second session
The second session opened on 5 March 2019 and concluded on 15 March 2019.
The third session
The third session was scheduled for March 5, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time such a postponement had happened in decades. After the announcement of the date in April, the session was held from May 22 to May 28, 2020.
The fourth session
The fourth session opened on 5 March and concluded on 11 March 2021.
The fifth session
The fifth session opened on 5 March and concluded on 11 March 2022.
References
External links Official website of the NPC