The 11th National People's Congress (NPC) 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 11th Congress in 2008,Notice 44 of the NPC Standing Committee
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from office. In addition, four more deaths or resignations were announced on Feb. 27, 2013, the same day that the election of the 12th Congress was announced.

Seat distribution

Organization

Council of Chairpersons

Special Committees

The first session

The first session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 18, 2008.List of the Sessions for the 1st-11th National People's Congresses
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as president and

Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao ( zh, s=温家宝, p=Wēn Jiābǎo; born 15 September 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the 6th premier of China from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behin ...

as Premier.

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

was elected vice-president. The State Council, China's cabinet, went through major restructuring. * All state leaders were elected from one name ballots.

The second session

The second session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 13, 2009. This congress dealt with issues such as the

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, attempted to introduce a new social welfare system, as well as checks and balances on public officials.

The third session

The third session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2010.

The fourth session

The fourth session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2011.

The fifth session

The fifth and final session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2012.

References

External links

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Official website of the NPC
{{National People's Congress National People's Congresses 2008 in Beijing 2009 in Beijing 2010 in Beijing 2011 in Beijing 2012 in Beijing 2013 in Beijing