13th National People's Congress

Chinese Congressional election, 2017–18

October 2017 – February 2018
All 2,980 seats to the National People's Congress
Majority party Minority party   JS Leader Xi Jinping Wu Weihua Party Communist Jiusan Society Alliance United Front United Front Leader's seat Inner Mongolia At-large Hubei At-large Last election 72.2% 27.8% Seats before 2,157 830 Seats won 2,119 861 Seat change 38 31 Percentage 71.1% 28.9% Swing 1.1% 1.1%
Chairman before election Zhang Dejiang Communist Chairman-elect Li Zhanshu Communist

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The 1st Session of the 13th National People's Congress

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Li Keqiang publicly swore an oath to the constitution upon formally taking office after he was appointed as the Premier.

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.

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

Main article: 2018 National People's Congress

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

Further information: List of voting results of the National People's Congress of China

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 and concluded on 15 March 2019.

External links

• (Chinese) Official website of the NPC