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13th National People's Congress 第十三届全国人民代表大会
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National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
5 March 2018 – 5 March 2023 (5 years, 0 days) Overview
Type	Highest organ of state power
Election	Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman	Li Zhanshu
Vice Chairmen	Wang Chen, Cao Jianming, Zhang Chunxian, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Arken Imirbaki, Wan Exiang, Chen Zhu, Wang Dongming, Padma Choling, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, and Wu Weihua
Secretary-General	Yang Zhenwu
Standing Committee	175 (13th)
Members
Total	2,980 members

The 13th National People's Congress (NPC) was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and was in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It held five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year until before 2023, when the 14th National People's Congress first convened.

Seat distribution

Major party		General Secretary	Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	Xi Jinping	2119
Other Parties		Chairperson	Seats
	Jiusan Society	Wu Weihua	64
	China Democratic League	Ding Zhongli	58
	China National Democratic Construction Association	Hao Mingjin	57
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	Cai Dafeng	55
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Chen Zhu	54
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Wan Exiang	43
	China Zhi Gong Party	Wan Gang	38
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Su Hui	13
	Independents	N/A	479

Standing Committee

Major party		Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	116
Other Parties		Seats
	China Democratic League	9
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	7
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	7
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	6
	Jiusan Society	4
	China National Democratic Construction Association	3
	China Zhi Gong Party	3
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	3
	Independents	10

Organization

Council of Chairpersons

Special Committees

The first session

The first session opened on 5 March 2018 and closed on 20 March 2018. All major state positions were elected in this session, including President, Vice President, Premier, and Congress Chairman.

Election results

The second session

The second session opened on 5 March 2019 and concluded on 15 March 2019.

The third session

The third session was scheduled for March 5, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time such a postponement had happened in decades. After the announcement of the date in April, the session was held from May 22 to May 28, 2020.

The fourth session

The fourth session opened on 5 March and concluded on 11 March 2021.

The fifth session

The fifth session opened on 5 March and concluded on 11 March 2022.

References

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2. "China's national legislature starts annual session". Xinhuanet. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
3. "China's national legislature concludes annual session". Xinhuanet. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
4. "China postpones year's biggest political event amid coronavirus outbreak". South China Morning Post. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
5. "十三届全国人大四次会议主席团举行第一次会议" (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhuanet. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
6. "China Focus: China's national legislature opens annual session". english.news.cn. Xinhua. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
7. "（两会受权发布）十三届全国人大五次会议主席团举行第一次会议 决定大会日程等 本次大会5日开幕 会期6天半". www.news.cn (in Simplified Chinese). 新华网. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC

• National People's Congresses
• 2017 in Beijing
• 2018 in Beijing
• 2017 elections in China
• 2018 elections in China
• 2019 in Beijing
• 2020 in Beijing
• 2021 in Beijing