The 12th National People's Congress (NPC) was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year. It was succeeded by the communing of the 13th National People's Congress.
Seat distribution
Major partyGeneral SecretarySeatsChinese Communist PartyXi Jinping2,157Other PartiesChairpersonSeatsChinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartySang Guowei830Jiusan SocietyHan QideChina Democratic LeagueZhang BaowenChina Association for Promoting DemocracyYan JunqiChina National Democratic Construction AssociationChen ChangzhiRevolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangWan ExiangTaiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueLin WenyiChina Zhi Gong PartyWan GangIndependentsN/A
Organization
Council of Chairpersons
PartyTermChairmanZhang DejiangCCPVice ChairpersonsLi JianguoCCPWang ShengjunCCPChen ChangzhiCCPYan JunqiCAPDWang ChenCCPShen YueyueCCPJi BingxuanCCPZhang PingCCPQiangba PuncogCCPArken ImirbakiCCPWan ExiangRCCKZhang BaowenCDLChen ZhuCPWDPSecretary-GeneralWang ChenCCPSource:
Special Committees
Special committeeChairpersonEthnic Affairs CommitteeLi JingtianLaw CommitteeQiao XiaoyangInternal and Judicial Affairs CommitteeMa WenFinancial and Economic Affairs CommitteeLi ShenglinEducation, Science, Culture and Public Health CommitteeLiu BinjieForeign Affairs CommitteeFu YingOverseas Chinese Affairs CommitteeBai ZhijianEnvironment Protection and Resources Conservation CommitteeChen JianguoAgriculture and Rural Affairs CommitteeLu Hao
The first session
The first session was held in March 2013. All top national posts were up for election and were filled.
NPCSC Chairman Election NPCSC Secretary-general Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Zhang Dejiang 2,952 5 4 Wang Chen 2,923 30 7 Zhang Ping 1 0 0 Presidential Election Vice-Presidential Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Xi Jinping 2,952 1 3 Li Yuanchao 2,839 80 37 Liu Yunshan 2 0 0 Li Hongzhong 1 0 0 Wang Yang 1 0 0 Yuan Chunqing 1 0 0 Pan Yiyang 1 0 0 CMC Chairmanship Election Premierial Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Xi Jinping 2,955 1 3 Li Keqiang 2,940 3 6 Supreme Court President Election Procurator-general Election Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain Zhou Qiang 2908 26 23 Cao Jianming 2,933 18 5 Wu Aiying 2 0 0 Wang Shengjun 1 0 0 Chen Yunlong 1 0 0 Qi Qi 1 0 0 Cai Xueen 1 0 0
The second session
The second session was held in March 2014.
The third session The third session was held in March 2015.
The fourth session The fourth session was held in March 2016.
The fifth session
The fifth session was held in March 2017.
References
External links
Full coverage of the 2016 NPC & CPPCC sessions - China.org.cn Full coverage of the 2013 NPC & CPPCC sessions - China.org.cn Official website of the NPC