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11th National People's Congress

2008–2013 Chinese legislative session

The 11th National People's Congress (NPC) met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 11th Congress in 2008,

Seat distribution

Major party	General Secretary	Seats	Other Parties	Chairperson
Chinese Communist Party}}"		Chinese Communist Party	Hu Jintao	2,099
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party}}"		Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	Sang Guowei	888
Jiusan Society}}"		Jiusan Society	Han Qide
China Democratic League}}"		China Democratic League	Jiang Shusheng
China Association for Promoting Democracy}}"		China Association for Promoting Democracy	Yan Junqi
China National Democratic Construction Association}}"		China National Democratic Construction Association	Chen Changzhi
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang}}"		Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	Zhou Tienong
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League}}"		Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	Lin Wenyi
China Zhi Gong Party}}"		China Zhi Gong Party	Wan Gang
	Independents	N/A

Organization

Council of Chairpersons

Party	Term
Chairman	Wu Bangguo
Vice Chairpersons	Wang Zhaoguo
Lu Yongxiang	Chinese Communist Party}}"
Uyunqimg	Chinese Communist Party}}"
Han Qide	China Association for Promoting Democracy}}"
Hua Jianmin	Chinese Communist Party}}"
Chen Zhili	Chinese Communist Party}}"
Zhou Tienong	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang}}"
Li Jianguo	Chinese Communist Party}}"
Ismail Tiliwaldi	Chinese Communist Party}}"
Jiang Shusheng	China Democratic League}}"
Chen Changzhi	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang}}"
Zhang Baowen	China National Democratic Construction Association}}"
Yan Junqi	China Association for Promoting Democracy}}"
Sang Guowei	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party}}"
Secretary-General	Li Jianguo
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Special Committees

Special committee	Chairperson
Ethnic Affairs Committee	Ma Qizhi
Law Committee	Hu Kangsheng
Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee	Huang Zhendong
Financial and Economic Affairs Committee	Shi Xiushi
Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee	Bai Keming
Foreign Affairs Committee	Li Zhaoxing
Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee	Gao Siren
Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee	Wang Guangtao
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee	Wang Yunlong

The first session

Main article: 2008 National People's Congress

The first session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 18, 2008. It re-elected Hu Jintao as president and Wen Jiabao as Premier. Xi Jinping was elected vice-president. The State Council, China's cabinet, went through major restructuring.

NPCSC Chairman Election	NPCSC Secretary-general Election	Candidates		For		Against		Abstain
Wu Bangguo [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,948	9	9	Li Jianguo [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,932	25	8
Hu Jintao [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,956	3	5	Xi Jinping [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,919	28	17
Hu Jintao [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,959	4	4	Wen Jiabao [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,926	21	12
Wang Shengjun [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,885	36	44	Cao Jianming [[File:Check mark.svg	18px]]	2,933	16	17

All state leaders were elected from one name ballots.

The second session

Main article: 2009 National People's Congress

The second session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 13, 2009. This congress dealt with issues such as the 2008 financial crisis, attempted to introduce a new social welfare system, as well as checks and balances on public officials.

The third session

Main article: 2010 National People's Congress

The third session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2010.

The fourth session

Main article: 2011 National People's Congress

The fourth session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2011.

The fifth session

Main article: 2012 National People's Congress

The fifth and final session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2012.

References

[http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2012-10/27/content_1741072.htm Notice 44 of the NPC Standing Committee] {{Webarchive. link. (March 5, 2016 . This notice removed [[Bo Xilai]] from office. In addition, four more deaths or resignations were announced on Feb. 27, 2013, the same day that the election of the 12th Congress was announced.)
[http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/28320/41800/index.html List of the Sessions for the 1st-11th National People's Congresses] (in [[Chinese language. Chinese]])

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