The Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress initially consisted of 175 members, including 16 members of the Council of Chairpersons (Chairman, Vice Chairmen, and Secretary-General) and 159 members. All members were elected by the first session of the 14th NPC. Their term of office is five years, starting from March 14, 2023, and is expected to last until March 2028.
Members
Chairman
Zhao Leji (Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Secretary of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress)
Vice Chairman
Li Hongzhong (Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress) Wang Dongming (Member of the CCP Central Committee, Member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions) Xiao Jie (Member of the CCP Central Committee and Member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress) Zheng Jianbang (Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang) Ding Zhongli (Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League) Hao Mingjin (Chairman of the China National Democratic Construction Association) Cai Dafeng (Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy) He Wei (Chairman of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association) Wu Weihua (Chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, President of the Central Institute of Socialism) Tie Ning (member of the CCP Central Committee, member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles) Peng Qinghua (Member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the CCP) Zhang Qingwei (Member of the CCP Central Committee and Member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress) Losang Jamcan (member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress) Shohrat Zakir (member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress)
Secretary General
Liu Qi (Member of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Secretary of the Leading Party Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress)
The above-mentioned members are also members of the Chairman's Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Committee members (in order of stroke count of their surnames) Ding Laihang (revoked on December 29, 2023), Yu Weiguo, Yu Zhongfu, Wan Lijun, Wei Xiaochun, Ma Liqun, Wang Ke, Wang Gang, Wang Hong (female, Manchu), Wang Zhimin, Wang Xiqin (terminated on October 28, 2025), Wang Xuecheng, Wang Baoshan, Wang Jianwu, Wang Hongxiang, Wang Chao, Wang Ruihe, Wang Yi, Wang Wei, Fang Xiang, Bayinchaolu (Mongolian), Bamoqubumo (female, Yi), Deng Xiuxin, Gu Xiaoyu, Bu Xiaolin (female, Mongolian), Ye Zanping, Shi Yaobin, Ran Bo (Miao), Bai Shangcheng (Hui), Cong Bin, Bao Xinhe, Lü Shiming, Lü Zhongmei (female), Lü Jian, Lü Caixia (female), Zhu Mingchun, Liu Cangli, Liu Xiuwen, Liu Junchen, Yan Aoshuang (female), Jiang Tianliang (Tujia), Jiang Jinquan, Tang Weijian, An Lijia, An Zhaoqing (Xibe), Xu Weigang, Xu Dazhe (revoked on October 28, 2025)), Xu Anbiao, Sun Qixin, Sun Xianzong, Sun Jusheng, Du Xiaoguang (Bai nationality), Du Jiahao, Li Ning, Li Jiheng, Li Yuefeng (removed on June 28, 2024), Li Jingze, Li Jinbin, Li Jinghai, Li Huiqiong (female), Li Yi, Li Wei, Yang Yongying (female, Buyi nationality), Yang Guanlin (Xibe nationality), Yang Zhenwu, Yang Xiaochao, Shu Wei (resigned on December 25, 2024), Xiao Keti Yiming (Uyghur nationality), Wu Yirong, Wu Lixin, Wu Jieming, Wu Jing (female), Wu Pute, Qiu Xueqiang, He Ping, He Xin, Gu Zhenchun, Wang Tiemin, Sharhat Ahan (Kazakh nationality), Shen Jinlong, Shen Jinqiang, Shen Chunyao, Shen Zhengchang, Song Xiuyan (female), Song Rui, Zhang Taifan(Korean nationality), Zhang Wei (female), Zhang Shougang, Zhang Xuan (female), Zhang Meizhi (female), Zhang Yong, Zhang Tao, Zhang Daohong, Zhang Jiaji, Chen Fuli, Wu Zeng (female) (resigned on June 27, 2025), Fu Caixiang (female, Li nationality), Fan Xiaojun, Lin Rui, Ouyang Changqiong, Luo Qi, Zhou Yaning (removed from office on December 29, 2023), Zhou Guangquan, Zhou Min (female), Pang Lijuan (female), Di Qingyun (female, Hui nationality), Zheng Weiping, Zheng Gongcheng, Zheng Junli (Yao nationality), Zheng Jianmin, Hao Ping, Hu Xiaoli, Zhong Shan, Zhong Zhihua, Duan Chunhua, Xin Chunying (female), Hou Jianguo, Lou Qinjian, Luo Yuan, Qin Shengxiang, Yuan Yubai, Yuan Shuhong, Xia Guang, Qian Qian, Xu Yushan (female, Dai nationality), Xu Yongjun, Xu Xiao, Xu Hui, Weng Jieming, Gao Kaixian, Gao Youdong, Gao Song, Guo Shuqing, Guo Zhenhua, Guo Lei, Tang Huajun, Huang Zhixian, Huang Ming, Huang Junhua (Zhuang nationality), Cao Hongming, E Jingping, Lu Xinshe, Peng Jinhui (Yi nationality), Jiang Zhuoqing, Jiang Chaoliang (revoked on April 30, 2025) Jing Hanchao, Cheng Lin, Cheng Jing, Cheng Xueyuan, Fu Ziying, Xie Jingrong, Zhen Zhanmin, Jamyang Losang Jigme Thubten Chokyi Nyima (Tibetan), He Jie, Xian Tieke, Luo Shugang, Tan Tianxing, Tan Lin (female), Yan Ke (female)
List of meetings MeetingDateAgendaMarch 5, 2023 – March 13, 2023First session of the 14th National People's CongressThe government work report was adopted, along with resolutions on the implementation of the 2022 national economic and social development plan and the 2023 national economic and social development plan, as well as resolutions on the implementation of the 2022 central and local budgets and the 2023 central and local budgets. A decision to amend the Legislation Law was also adopted. The work reports of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate were adopted. The reform plan for the State Council's institutions was adopted. Members of state institutions were elected, and the list of staff members of the National People's Congress and the candidates for members of state institutions were voted on 1stMarch 14, 2023Appointment of Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress2ndApril 24, 2023 – April 26, 2023At the meeting:
the revised Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law was adopted; the revised Counter-Espionage Law was adopted; the Code of Conduct for Members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was adopted; the list of the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and Members of the Credentials Committee of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee was adopted; and relevant appointment and removal cases were adopted.
Deliberation on the draft law on the construction of an accessible environment3rdJune 26, 2023 – June 28, 2023At the meeting, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress:
passed the Law on the Construction of Barrier-Free Environment and the Law on Foreign Relations; decided to establish the Working Committee for Deputies of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; decided to establish the National Ecological Day; approved the Ninth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union and the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Hijacking of Aircraft; approved the 2022 Central Government Final Accounts; and passed relevant appointment and removal cases.
The draft laws on patriotic education and food security were reviewed, as well as the draft revisions to the Administrative Reconsideration Law and the Marine Environmental Protection Law.4thJuly 25, 2023The appointment and removal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Governor of the People's Bank of China were approved. Deliberation on the draft amendment to the Criminal Law (XII)5thAugust 28, 2023 – September 1, 2023At the meeting:
the Foreign State Immunities Law was adopted; the Decision on Amending the Civil Procedure Law was adopted; the Administrative Reconsideration Law was revised; the authorization for the State Council to conduct pilot programs in the nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for Hong Kong legal practitioners and Macao lawyers to obtain mainland practice qualifications and engage in the legal profession was extended; the extradition treaty with Ecuador was approved; and relevant appointment and removal cases were adopted.
The draft Value-Added Tax Law, the Preschool Education Law, and the Degree Law will be reviewed; the draft revisions to the Company Law and the Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security will also be reviewed.6thOctober 20, 2023 – October 24, 2023The National People 's Congress adopted the revised Patriotic Education Law, the Marine Environmental Protection Law, removed the State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, and appointed and removed the Minister of Science and Technology and the Minister of Finance. It also approved the State Council's plan to increase the issuance of national debt and adjust the 2023 central budget, authorized the State a newly added local government debt limit in advance, approved treaty on the transfer of sentenced persons, approved the extradition treaty with Mauritius, approved the Supplementary Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on Combating the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking of Firearms, Firearms and Firearms Parts and Ammunition, approved the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia and its Personnel and Representatives of Member States, and decided to accede to the Convention on International Lighthouse Authorities. The NPC also adopted reports from the Supervisory and Judicial Committee, the Financial and Economic Committee, the Environmental and Resources Protection Committee, and the Social Construction Committee on the results of the deliberations on the motions submitted by deputies to the Presidium of the First Session of the 14th NPC. Members of the Central Military Commission were removed Other appointments and removals were also approved. The draft laws on food security, charity, state secrets, infectious disease prevention and control, customs, and cultural relics protection were reviewed.7thDecember 25, 2023 – December 29, 2023The National People's Congress passed the Food Security Law, the Amendment to the Criminal Law (XII), and the Decision on Amending the Charity Law. It also revised and passed the Company Law The Minister of National Defense