2023 National People's Congress

The 2023 National People's Congress, officially the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress (Chinese: 第十四届全国人民代表大会第一次会议), was held in March 2023 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The session opened on 5 March and concluded on 13 March. Major state positions of China were elected in this session.[1]

President Premier Congress Chairman
Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Li Zhanshu
since
17 March 2018		 since
18 March 2018		 since
17 March 2018
President-elect Premier-elect Congress Chairman-elect
Xi Jinping Li Qiang Zhao Leji
since
10 March 2023		 since
11 March 2023		 since
10 March 2023
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Preparation

On 30 December 2022, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress announced that the 14th NPC would open its first session on 5 March.[2]

On 4 March 2023, the Council of Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC held its 136th meeting. The meeting submitted the draft list of the presidium and secretary-general of the upcoming NPC session, along with its the draft agenda.[3] The same day, the preparatory meeting of the first session of the 14th NPC was held, presided by NPC Standing Committee chairman Li Zhanshu. The meeting elected the presidium and secretary-general, and adopted the submitted agenda.[4] Zhao Leji was elected as the chairman of the presidium.

The session

The first session opened on 5 March, presided by Presidium Chairman Zhao Leji. Premier Li Keqiang gave a work during the meeting. Delegates voted to appoint the chairperson, vice chairpersons and members of two special committees; the Constitution and Law Committee and the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.[5]

On 7 March, the second plenary meeting of the first session was held. During the meeting, NPCSC chairman Li Zhanshu, Supreme People's Court president Zhou Qiang, and Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Zhang Jun gave work reports. State Councilor Xiao Jie gave an explanatory speech about reforming State Council institutions.[6]

On 10 March, the third plenary meeting was held. During the meeting, the NPC voted to elect the president and vice president of the PRC, chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission, chairman of the NPCSC as well as other state leaders. The NPC also voted on the plan to reform State Council institutions.[7] On 11 March, the fourth plenary meeting was held. The premier, vice chairpersons of the CMC, director of the National Supervisory Commission, president of the Supreme People's Court, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate as well as members of the NPCSC.[8] The fifth plenary meeting, held on 12 March, elected the new State Council, including vice premiers, state councilors, secretary-general and ministers.[9]

On 13 March, the closing meeting of the first session was held; President Xi Jinping delivered as speech.[10]

Economic targets and budget

The following economic targets were set by the government work report submitted to the NPC:[11][12][13][14]

2023 target
GDP growth ~5%
CPI ~3%
New urban jobs 12 million
Deficit-to-GDP ratio 3%

The NPC session also adopted the following budget:[15]

2022 in trillion ¥ 2023 in trillion ¥ % change
Military budget 1.55 7.2

Elections

Presidential election
Main article: 2023 People's Republic of China presidential election
This section is an excerpt from 2023 Chinese presidential election.[edit]
The 2023 Chinese presidential election (Chinese: 2023年中国国家主席选举) was held on 10 March 2023, at the 14th National People's Congress to indirectly elect the President and the Vice President of China. The President is the second-highest office under General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader). However, the presidency has been held by the CCP general secretary since 1993. The term limit on the presidency was removed at the 2018 National People's Congress, bringing the presidency into alignment with the position of CCP general secretary, which does not have term limits. Current CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, who was expected to be re-elected,[16] was unanimously elected for an unprecedented third term as president in 2023.[17][18][19]

Election results
For a more comprehensive list, see 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
Zhao Leji 2952 0 0 Liu Qi 2952 0 0
Presidential Election Vice Presidential Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Xi Jinping 2952 0 0 Han Zheng 2952 0 0
NPCSC Vice Chairperson Election NSC Director Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Li Hongzhong 2950 1 1 Liu Jinguo 2943 3 1
Wang Dongming 2952 0 0
Xiao Jie
Zheng Jianbang
Ding Zhongli
Hao Mingjin
Cai Dafeng
He Wei Liu Yuan 1 0 0
Wu Weihua
Tie Ning
Peng Qinghua
Zhang Qingwei
Losang Jamcan
Shohrat Zakir
Premierial Election Vice Premierial Election
Li Qiang 2936 3 8 Ding Xuexiang 2944 0 2
He Lifeng 2943 3 0
Zhang Guoqing 2946 0 0
Liu Guozhong 2946 0 0
CMC Chairmanship Election CMC Vice Chairmanship Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Xi Jinping 2952 0 0 Zhang Youxia 2944 1 2
He Weidong 2947 0 0
Supreme Court President Election Procurator-General Election
Candidates For Against Abstain Candidates For Against Abstain
Zhang Jun 2947 1 3 Ying Yong 2947 3 7

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