The 12th

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,9 ...

was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress () met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 1 ...

. It held five plenary sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year. It was succeeded by the communing of the

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 from 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurri ...

Delegates

The 1st session

The first session was held in March 2013. All top national posts were up for election and were filled.

The 2nd session

The second session was held in March 2014.

The 3rd session

The third session was held in March 2015.

The 4th session

The fourth session was held in March 2016.

The 5th session

The fifth session was held in March 2017.

Election results

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Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

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References

External links

Full coverage of the 2016 NPC & CPPCC sessions

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Official website of the NPC
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