The Shanghai Municipal People's Congress is the local
people's congress of
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
. With 855 members in 2020, People's Congress is the elected council of Shanghai that oversees the
Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The Municipal People's Congress is elected for a term of five years. It holds annual sessions every spring, usually lasting from 5 to 7 days, in the in
Pudong
Pudong is a list of administrative divisions of Shanghai, district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu River, Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank (g ...
of Shanghai, and these annual meetings provide an opportunity for the officers of Shanghai to review past policies and present future plans to Shanghai.
History
In November 2015, the SMPC launched a public account on
WeChat
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.
Organization
Chairpersons
See also
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Politics of Shanghai
The politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In the last few decades the city has produced many of the country's even ...
References
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{{Shanghai leaders
Politics of Shanghai
Government agencies established in 1954
Legislatures of China
City councils
1954 in Shanghai