The Chinese People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police Force delegation to the National People's Congress is a delegation composed of deputies representing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Armed Police (PAP) in within the National People's Congress (NPC), the supreme organ of state power of the People's Republic of China.
This delegation was named the Military Delegation of the National People's Congress from the 1st to the 4th NPC sessions, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Delegation of the NPC from the 5th to the 12th NPC sessions. In 2022, after NPC deputies elected from the People's Armed Police Force joined this delegation, it changed its name to the present one. The delegations of the PLA and PAP are elected by the election committees established within the PLA and PAP through a differential election. The number of delegates is determined by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
History Since the 5th NPC, it has usually held about 9 percent of the total delegate seats, and is consistently the largest delegation in the NPC. After the People's Armed Police (PAP) was placed under the command of the Central Military Commission in 2018, the PLA and PAP have formed a joint delegation. In the 14th NPC, for example, the PLA and PAP delegation has 281 deputies; the next largest delegation is Henan, with 174 deputies.
Election method The delegation is elected by servicemember election committees of top-level military subdivisions, including the PLA's theater commands and service branches.
List of deputies