First session of the 14th National People's Congress

The first session of the 14th National People's Congress () was held in March 2023 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The session opened on 5 March and concluded on 13 March. Major state positions of China were elected in this session.

Preparation On 30 December 2022, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress announced that the 14th NPC would open its first session on 5 March.

On 4 March 2023, the Council of Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC held its 136th meeting. The meeting submitted the draft list of the presidium and secretary-general of the upcoming NPC session, along with its the draft agenda. The same day, the preparatory meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC was held, presided by NPC Standing Committee chairman Li Zhanshu. The meeting elected the presidium and secretary-general, and adopted the submitted agenda. Zhao Leji was elected as the chairman of the presidium.

The session

The first session opened on 5 March, presided by Presidium Chairman Zhao Leji. Premier Li Keqiang gave a work report during the meeting. Delegates voted to appoint the chairperson, vice chairpersons and members of two special committees; the Constitution and Law Committee and the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.

On 7 March, the second plenary meeting of the first session was held. During the meeting, NPCSC chairman Li Zhanshu, Supreme People's Court president Zhou Qiang, and Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Zhang Jun gave work reports. State Councilor Xiao Jie gave an explanatory speech about reforming State Council institutions.

On 10 March, the third plenary meeting was held. During the meeting, the NPC voted to elect the president and vice president of the PRC, chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission, chairman of the NPCSC as well as other state leaders. During this meeting, Xi was unanimously elected for an unprecedented third term as president. The NPC also voted on the plan to reform State Council institutions. On 11 March, the fourth plenary meeting was held. The premier, vice chairpersons of the CMC, director of the National Supervisory Commission, president of the Supreme People's Court, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate as well as members of the NPCSC. The fifth plenary meeting, held on 12 March, elected the new State Council, including vice premiers, state councilors, secretary-general and ministers.

On 13 March, the closing meeting of the first session was held; President Xi Jinping delivered a speech.

Voting results

State positions NPCSC Chairman ElectionNPCSC Secretary-general ElectionCandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstainZhao Leji295200Liu Qi295200Presidential ElectionVice Presidential ElectionCandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstainXi Jinping295200Han Zheng295200NPCSC Vice Chairperson ElectionNSC Director ElectionCandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstainLi Hongzhong295011Liu Jinguo294331Wang Dongming295200Xiao JieZheng JianbangDing ZhongliHao MingjinCai DafengHe WeiLiu Yuan100Wu WeihuaTie NingPeng QinghuaZhang QingweiLosang JamcanShohrat ZakirPremierial NominationVice Premierial NominationLi Qiang293638Ding Xuexiang294402He Lifeng294330Zhang Guoqing294600Liu Guozhong294600CMC Chairmanship ElectionCMC Vice Chairmanship ElectionCandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstainXi Jinping295200Zhang Youxia294412He Weidong294700Supreme Court President ElectionProcurator-General ElectionCandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstainZhang Jun294713Ying Yong294737

Resolutions +TopicForAgainstAbstainRatePremier Li Keqiang's Government Work Report2,9460199.97%State Council Institutional Reform Plan2,9511099.97%Measures for Election and Decision on Appointments for the 1st Session of the 14th NPC2,9481399.03%Amendment to the Legislation Law2,924121199.86%Report on the Implementation of the 2022 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2023 Draft Plan2,912221398.81%Report on the Execution of the Central and Local Budgets for 2022 and on the Draft Central and Local Budgets for 20232,897302098.30%Chairman Li Zhanshu's NPCSC Work Report2,93111499.46%Chief Justice Zhou Qiang's Supreme People's Court Work Report2,874492497.73%Procurator-General Zhang Jun's Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report2,880402797.52%

Economic targets and budget The following economic targets were set by the government work report submitted to the NPC: +2023 targetResultGDP growth~5%5.2%CPI~3%0.2%New urban jobs12 million12.44 millionDeficit-to-GDP ratio3% The NPC session also adopted the following central government budget:

Government budget In trillions of renminbi: +Planned% changeActualCentral general public budget revenue10.0175.69.957Central general public budget expenditure13.9024.714.117Central government expenditure3.7896.53.822Transfer to local governments10.0633.610.295Local general public budget revenue11.7167.611.722Local general public budget expenditure23.6745.223.635National general public budget revenue21.7306.721.678National general public budget expenditure27.5135.628.243 Source:

Central public budget expenditure In billions of renminbi: +Planned % changeActualGeneral public services156.8 –0.7151.6Diplomacy54.812.257.0National defense1,553.77.21,553.7Public security208.96.4224.6Education155.42157.1Science and technology328.02337.1Culture, tourism, sports and media17.3–0.317.3Social security and employment99.219105.4Health22.72.929.7Energy conservation and environmental protection16.2–8.619.6Urban and rural communities0.35.30.3Agriculture, forestry and water21.9–12.125.7Transportation62.0–2.477.3Resource exploration and industrial information36.95.240.4Commercial services3.811.83.0Financial40.5–4.252.5Natural resources, oceanography and meteorology25.5–1.628.6Housing security62.20.962.Stockpiling grain, edible oils, and other materials132.813.6130.1Debt interest payments723.010.8694.6Total3,789.06.53,821.9 Source:

National general public budget expenditure In billions of renminbi: +Spending% changeEducation4,124.22.0Science and technology1,082.37.9Culture, tourism, sports and media3961.2Social security and employment3,988.38.9Health and medical2,239.3 –0.6Energy conservation and environmental protection563.34.1Urban and rural community205.35.7Agriculture, forestry and water2,396.76.5Transportation1,220.61.3Debt interest payments1,182.94.2Total27,457.45.4 Source:

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