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, ...

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. 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.

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 One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

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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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