12th National People's Congress

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12th National People's Congress 第十二届全国人民代表大会
← 11th 13th →
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
5 March 2013 – 5 March 2018 (5 years, 0 days) Overview
Type	Highest organ of state power
Election	Indirect elections
Leadership
Chairman	Zhang Dejiang
Vice Chairmen	Li Jianguo, Wang Shengjun, Chen Changzhi, Yan Junqi, Wang Chen, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Zhang Ping, Qiangba Puncog, Arken Imirbaki, Wan Exiang, Zhang Baowen, and Chen Zhu
Secretary-General	Wang Chen
Standing Committee	166 (12th)
Members
Total	2,987 members

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]

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

The second session was held in March 2014.

The third session was held in March 2015.

The fourth session was held in March 2016.

The fifth session was held in March 2017.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 12th National People's Congress.

• Full coverage of the 2016 NPC & CPPCC sessions - China.org.cn
• Full coverage of the 2013 NPC & CPPCC sessions - China.org.cn
• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC

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