13th National People's Congress
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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 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year, except for in 2023, when the 14th National People's Congress will first convene.[1]
Seat distribution
| Major party | General Secretary | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of China | Xi Jinping | 2119 | |
| Other Parties | Chairmen | Seats | |
| Jiusan Society | Wu Weihua | 64 | |
| China Democratic League | Ding Zhongli | 58 | |
| China Democratic National Construction Association | Hao Mingjin | 57 | |
| China Association for Promoting Democracy | Cai Dafeng | 55 | |
| Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party | Chen Zhu | 54 | |
| Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang | Wan Exiang | 43 | |
| China Zhi Gong Party | Wan Gang | 38 | |
| Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League | Su Hui | 13 | |
| Independents | N/A | 479 | |
The first session
The first session opened on 5 March 2018 and closed on 20 March 2018. All major state positions were elected in this session, including President, Vice President, Premier, and Congress Chairman.
Election results
| NPCSC Chairman Election | NPCSC Secretary-general Election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | For | Against | Abstain | Candidates | For | Against | Abstain |
| Li Zhanshu | 2980 | 0 | 0 | Yang Zhenwu | 2980 | 0 | 0 |
| Presidential Election | Vice-Presidential Election | ||||||
| Candidates | For | Against | Abstain | Candidates | For | Against | Abstain |
| Xi Jinping | 2980 | 0 | 0 | Wang Qishan | 2969 | 1 | 0 |
| NPCSC Vice-Chairmen Election | NSC Director Election | ||||||
| Candidates | For | Against | Abstain | Candidates | For | Against | Abstain |
| Wang Chen | 2980 | 0 | 0 | Yang Xiaodu | 2969 | 1 | 0 |
| Cao Jianming | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zhang Chunxian | 2979 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Shen Yueyue | 2979 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ji Bingxuan | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Arken Imirbaki | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wan Exiang | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chen Zhu | 2980 | 0 | 0 | Liu Yuan | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wang Dongming | 2979 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Padma Choling | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ding Zhongli | 2978 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hao Mingjin | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cai Dafeng | 2979 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wu Weihua | 2980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Premierial Election | Vice-Premierial Election | ||||||
| Li Keqiang | 2964 | 2 | 0 | Han Zheng | 2976 | 4 | 0 |
| Sun Chunlan | 2956 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Hu Chunhua | 2979 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Liu He | 2964 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| CMC Chairmanship Election | CMC Vice-Chairmanship Election | ||||||
| Candidates | For | Against | Abstain | Candidates | For | Against | Abstain |
| Xi Jinping | 2980 | 0 | 0 | Xu Qiliang | 2962 | 0 | 4 |
| Zhang Youxia | 2963 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Supreme Court President Election | Procurator-general Election | ||||||
| Candidates | For | Against | Abstain | Candidates | For | Against | Abstain |
| Zhou Qiang | 2956 | 5 | 5 | Zhang Jun | 2951 | 5 | 10 |
The second session
The second session opened on 5 March 2019[2] and concluded on 15 March 2019.[3]
References
- ^ "Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ "China's national legislature starts annual session". Xinhuanet. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "China's national legislature concludes annual session". Xinhuanet. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.