13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was the meeting of the top political advisory body of the People's Republic of China. It convened in Beijing on 3 March 2018 and ended on 4 March 2023.

Seat distribution As of May 2020, the 2163 members in the 13th National Committee of CPPCC was composed of:

Seats for political parties (543 in total) Major partyGeneral SecretarySeatsChinese Communist PartyXi Jinping104Other PartiesChairpersonSeatsRevolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangWan Exiang65China Democratic LeagueDing Zhongli65China National Democratic Construction AssociationHao Mingjin65China Association for Promoting DemocracyCai Dafeng45Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartyChen Zhu43China Zhi Gong PartyWan Gang29Jiusan SocietyWu Weihua45Taiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueSu Hui20IndependentsN/A62

Seats for people's organizations (306 in total) +People's organizationSeatsCommunist Youth League of China8All-China Federation of Trade Unions63All-China Women's Federation64All-China Youth Federation27All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce61China Association for Science and Technology42All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots14All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese27

Seats for Sectoral representatives (1027 in total) +SectorSeatsLiterature and Arts126Science and Technology116Social Science71Economics130Agriculture70Education106Sports19Press and Publication48Medicine and Health92Friendship with Foreign Countries46Social Welfare and Social Security34Ethnic Minorities104Religions65

Specially invited deputies (287 in total)

Hong Kong (124 in total)SeatsDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong25Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong4Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions2Liberal Party4New Century Forum1New Territories Association of Societies2Independents86Macau (29 in total)SeatsMacau United Citizens Association1Macau Business Interest Union1Macau Union of Professional Interests2Progress Promotion Union/General Union of the Macao Residents' Associations1Union for Development/The Women's General Association of Macau1Independents23OtherSeats Other (including People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police service personnel)134

Organization

Council of Chairpersons PartyTermChairmanWang YangCCPVice ChairpersonsZhang QingliCCPLiu QibaoCCPPagbalha Geleg NamgyaiInd.Tung Chee-hwaInd.Wan GangCZGPEdmund HoInd.Lu ZhangongCCPWang ZhengweiCCPMa BiaoCCPChen XiaoguangCDLLeung Chun-yingInd.Xia BaolongCCPYang ChuantangCCPLi BinCCPBagaturCCPWang YongqingCCPHe LifengCCPSu HuiTDSLZheng JianbangRCCKGu ShengzuCNDCALiu XinchengCDLHe WeiCPWDPGao YunlongCNDCASecretary-GeneralXia BaolongCCPLi BinCCPSource:

Special Committees Special committeeChairpersonCommittee for Handling ProposalsLi ZhiyongCommittee for Economic AffairsShang FulinCommittee for Agriculture and Rural AffairsLuo ZhijunCommittee of Population, Resources and EnvironmentLi WeiCommittee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and SportsYuan GuirenCommittee for Social and Legal AffairsShen DeyongCommittee for Ethnic and Religious AffairsWang WeiguangCommittee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas ChineseZhu XiaodanCommittee of Foreign AffairsLou JiweiCommittee on Culture, History and StudySong Dahan

The first session The 1st Session of the 13th CPPCC was held from March 3–15, 2018. A preparatory meeting for the session was held on 2 March, presided by Yu Zhengsheng, the outgoing CPPCC chairman. The preparatory meeting approved the presidium of the session, the session's agenda and name list of the session's proposals examination committee. The presidium held a meeting later in the day, with Wang Yang presiding over the meeting assisted by several executive chairpersons.

The first plenary meeting of the 1st Session was held on 3 March, where Yu Zhengsheng delivered the work report of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee. On 8 March, the second plenary meeting was held, where various members of the CPPCC gave speeches. On 11 March, the third plenary meeting was held.

The fourth plenary meeting was held on 14 March, during the meeting, Wang Yang was elected as the new chairman of the CPPCC, succeeding Yu Zhengsheng. Additionally, the vice chairpersons, the secretary-general and the members of the Standing Committee were elected. On 15 March, the 1st Session held its final meeting, where the work report were adopted. The session was presided by Wang Yang, who gave the closing address to the meeting.

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