Sessions - NPC Observer

This page provides an overview of the sessions the NPC and its Standing Committee (NPCSC) have held since March 2013. This page also archives our posts that covered those sessions since October 2016, listed reverse-chronologically after the two tables below. In the tables, the ordinal numbers denote the NPCSC’s regular sessions unless otherwise noted. You can click on each hyperlinked number to view a list of the relevant posts; sessions that we did not cover are not hyperlinked. Future regular sessions are given in italics.

13^th NPC (2018–)

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
January		8^th (special)	—	25^th	—	—
February		9^th	16^th	26^th	33^rd	39^th (final)
March	1^st (NPC) 1^st	2^nd (NPC)	—	4^th (NPC) 27^th	5^th (NPC)
April	2^nd	10^th	17^th	28^th	34^th
May	—	—	18^th (special) 3^rd (NPC)	—	—
June	3^rd	11^th	19^th 20^th	29^th	35^th
July	4^th (special)	—	—	—	—
August	5^th	12^th	21^st	30^th	36^th
September	—	13^th (special)	—	—	—
October	6^th	14^th	22^nd	31^st	37^th
November	—	—	23^rd (special)	—	—
December	7^th	15^th	24^th	32^nd	38^th

12^th NPC (2013–2018)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
January		—	—	—	—	32^nd (special)
February		7^th	13^th	19^th	26^th	33^rd (final)
March	1^st (NPC) 1^st	2^th (NPC)	3^rd (NPC)	4^th (NPC)	5^th (NPC)
April	2^nd	8^th	14^th	20^th	27^th
June	3^rd	9^th	15^th	21^th	28^th
August	4^th	10^th	16^th	22^nd	29^th
September	—	—	—	23^rd (special)	—
October	5^th	11^th	17^th	24^th	30^th
December	6^th	12^th	18^th	25^th	31^st

2021

13^th NPCSC: 32^nd Session (Dec. 20–24)

13^th NPCSC: 31^st Session (Oct. 19–23)

13^th NPCSC: 30^th Session (Aug. 17–20)

13^th NPCSC: 29^th Session (June 7–10)

13^th NPCSC: 28^th Session (Apr. 26–29)

13^th NPCSC: 27^th Session (Mar. 29–30)

13^th NPC: 4^th Session (Mar. 5–11)

13^th NPCSC: 26^th Session (Feb. 27–28)

NPCSC Session Watch: NPC Preparations, Stamp Duty & Mid-Term Report on Civil Litigation Reform Pilots

13^th NPCSC: 25^th Session (Jan. 20–22)

2020

13^th NPCSC: 24^th Session (Dec. 22–26)

13^th NPCSC: 23^th Session (Nov. 10–11)

13^th NPCSC: 22^nd Session (Oct. 13–17)

13^th NPCSC: 21^st Session (Aug. 8–11)

13^th NPCSC: 20^th Session (June 28–30)

13^th NPCSC: 19^th Session (June 18–20)

13^th NPC: 3^rd Session (May 22–28)

13^th NPCSC: 17^th Session (Apr. 26–29)

NPCSC Session Watch: COVID-19 Responses, Copyright, Armed Police Reform & Silence on 2020 NPC

13^th NPCSC: 16^th Session (Feb. 24)

2019

13^th NPCSC: 15^th Session (Dec. 23–28)

13^th NPCSC: 14^th Session (Oct. 21–26)

13^th NPCSC: 13^th Session (Sept. 17)

Law Explainer: China’s State Medals and State Honorary Titles

13^th NPCSC: 12^th Session (Aug. 22–26)

13^th NPCSC: 11^th Session (June 25–29)

13^th NPCSC: 10^th Session (Apr. 20–23)

13^th NPC: 2^nd Session (Mar. 5–15)

13^th NPCSC: 8^th Session (Jan. 29–30)

NPCSC Adds Special Session for Second Review of Foreign Investment Law

2018

13^th NPCSC: 7^th Session (Dec. 23–29)

13^th NPCSC: 6^th Session (Oct. 22–26)

13^th NPCSC: 5^th Session (Aug. 27–31)

13^th NPCSC: 3^rd Session (June 19–22)

13^th NPCSC: 2^nd Session (Apr. 25–27)

NPCSC Session Watch: Historical Nihilism Crackdown, People’s Assessor System Reform, State Council Reorganization & Shanghai Financial Court

13^th NPC: 1^st Session (Mar. 5–20)

12^th NPCSC: 33^rd Session (Feb. 23–24)

12^th NPCSC: 32^nd Session (Jan. 29–30)

NPCSC to Convene Special Session to Consider Draft Constitutional Amendment

2017

12^th NPCSC: 31^st Session (Dec. 22–27)

12^th NPCSC: 30^th Session (Oct. 30–Nov. 4)

12^th NPCSC: 29^th Session (Aug. 29–Sept. 1)

12^th NPCSC: 28^th Session (June 22–27)

12^th NPCSC: 27^th Session (Apr. 24–27)

12^th NPC: 5^th Session (Mar. 5–15)

12^th NPCSC: 26^th Session (Feb. 22–24)

2016

12^th NPCSC: 25^th Session (Dec. 19–25)

12^th NPCSC: 24^th Session (Oct. 31–Nov. 7)

13th NPC (2018–)

12th NPC (2013–2018)

2021

13th NPCSC: 32nd Session (Dec. 20–24)

13th NPCSC: 31st Session (Oct. 19–23)

13th NPCSC: 30th Session (Aug. 17–20)

13th NPCSC: 29th Session (June 7–10)

13th NPCSC: 28th Session (Apr. 26–29)

13th NPCSC: 27th Session (Mar. 29–30)

13th NPC: 4th Session (Mar. 5–11)

13th NPCSC: 26th Session (Feb. 27–28)

13th NPCSC: 25th Session (Jan. 20–22)

2020

13th NPCSC: 24th Session (Dec. 22–26)

13th NPCSC: 23th Session (Nov. 10–11)

13th NPCSC: 22nd Session (Oct. 13–17)

13th NPCSC: 21st Session (Aug. 8–11)

13th NPCSC: 20th Session (June 28–30)

13th NPCSC: 19th Session (June 18–20)

13th NPC: 3rd Session (May 22–28)

13th NPCSC: 17th Session (Apr. 26–29)

13th NPCSC: 16th Session (Feb. 24)

2019

13th NPCSC: 15th Session (Dec. 23–28)

13th NPCSC: 14th Session (Oct. 21–26)

13th NPCSC: 13th Session (Sept. 17)

13th NPCSC: 12th Session (Aug. 22–26)

13th NPCSC: 11th Session (June 25–29)

13th NPCSC: 10th Session (Apr. 20–23)

13th NPC: 2nd Session (Mar. 5–15)

13th NPCSC: 8th Session (Jan. 29–30)