The 12th National People's Congress (NPC) 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.[1]

Seat distribution

Major party General Secretary Seats
Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping 2,157
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Sang Guowei 830
Jiusan Society Han Qide
China Democratic League Zhang Baowen
China Association for Promoting Democracy Yan Junqi
China National Democratic Construction Association Chen Changzhi
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Wan Exiang
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Lin Wenyi
China Zhi Gong Party Wan Gang
Independents N/A

Organization

Council of Chairpersons

Party Term
Chairman Zhang Dejiang CCP 14 Mar. 2013 – 17 Mar. 2018
Vice Chairpersons Li Jianguo CCP
Wang Shengjun CCP
Chen Changzhi CCP
Yan Junqi CAPD
Wang Chen CCP
Shen Yueyue CCP
Ji Bingxuan CCP
Zhang Ping CCP
Qiangba Puncog CCP
Arken Imirbaki CCP
Wan Exiang RCCK
Zhang Baowen CDL
Chen Zhu CPWDP
Secretary-General Wang Chen CCP
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Special Committees

Special committee Chairperson
Ethnic Affairs Committee Li Jingtian
Law Committee Qiao Xiaoyang
Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee Ma Wen
Financial and Economic Affairs Committee Li Shenglin
Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee Liu Binjie
Foreign Affairs Committee Fu Ying
Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee Bai Zhijian
Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee Chen Jianguo
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Lu Hao

The first session

The first session of the 12th National People's Congress

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

NPCSC Chairman Election NPCSC Secretary-general Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Zhang Dejiang 2,952 5 4 Wang Chen 2,923 30 7
Zhang Ping 1 0 0
Presidential Election Vice-Presidential Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Xi Jinping 2,952 1 3 Li Yuanchao 2,839 80 37
Liu Yunshan 2 0 0
Li Hongzhong 1 0 0
Wang Yang 1 0 0
Yuan Chunqing 1 0 0
Pan Yiyang 1 0 0
CMC Chairmanship Election Premierial Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Xi Jinping 2,955 1 3 Li Keqiang 2,940 3 6
Supreme Court President Election Procurator-general Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Zhou Qiang 2908 26 23 Cao Jianming 2,933 18 5
Wu Aiying 2 0 0
Wang Shengjun 1 0 0 Chen Yunlong 1 0 0
Qi Qi 1 0 0 Cai Xueen 1 0 0

The second session

The second session was held in March 2014.

The third session

The third session was held in March 2015.

The fourth session

The fourth session was held in March 2016.

The fifth session

The fifth session was held in March 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-12.


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