13th National People's Congress

The 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and will be in session in the five-year period 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year, except for in 2023, when the 14th National People's Congress will first convene.[1]

Chinese Congressional election, 2017–18
October 2017 – February 2018
All 2,980 seats to the National People's Congress
1490 seats to have a majority
  Majority party
 
Leader Xi Jinping
Party Communist
Alliance United Front
Leader's seat Inner Mongolia At-large
Last election 72.2%
Seats before 2,157
Seats won 2,119
Seat change 38
Percentage 70%
Swing 11.5%
Chairman before election

Zhang Dejiang
Communist

 Chairman-elect

Li Zhanshu
Communist

The 1st Session of the 13th National People's Congress
Li Keqiang publicly swore an oath to the constitution upon formally taking office after he was appointed as the Premier.

Seat distribution
Major party General Secretary Seats
Communist Party of China Xi Jinping 2119
Other Parties Chairmen 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

The first session
Main article: 2018 National People's Congress

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
Further information: List of voting results of the National People's Congress of China
NPCSC Chairman Election NPCSC Secretary-general Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Li Zhanshu 2970 0 0 Yang Zhenwu 2970 00
Presidential Election Vice-Presidential Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Xi Jinping 29700 0 Wang Qishan 2969 1 0
NPCSC Vice-Chairmen Election NSC Director Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Wang Chen 2970 0 0 Yang Xiaodu 2969 1 0
Cao Jianming297000
Zhang Chunxian296910
Shen Yueyue296910
Ji Bingxuan297000
Arken Imirbaki297000
Wan Exiang297000
Chen Zhu297000 Liu Yuan 2 0 0
Wang Dongming296910
Padma Choling297000
Ding Zhongli296811
Hao Mingjin297000
Cai Dafeng296910
Wu Weihua297000
Premierial Election Vice-Premierial Election
Li Keqiang 2964 2 0 Han Zheng296540
Sun Chunlan295658
Hu Chunhua296801
Liu He296432
CMC Chairmanship Election CMC Vice-Chairmanship Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Xi Jinping 2970 0 0 Xu Qiliang296204
Zhang Youxia296321
Supreme Court President Election Procurator-general Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Zhou Qiang295655Zhang Jun2951510

The second session

The second session opened on 5 March 2019[2] and concluded on 15 March 2019.[3]

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.[4]

References
  1. "Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  2. "China's national legislature starts annual session". Xinhuanet. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. "China's national legislature concludes annual session". Xinhuanet. 15 March 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.
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