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.
13th NPC (2018–)
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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January | 8th (special) | — | 25th | — | — | |
February | 9th | 16th | 26th | 33rd | 39th (final) | |
March | 1st (NPC) 1st | 2nd (NPC) | — | 4th (NPC) 27th | 5th (NPC) | |
April | 2nd | 10th | 17th | 28th | 34th | |
May | — | — | 18th (special) 3rd (NPC) | — | — | |
June | 3rd | 11th | 19th 20th | 29th | 35th | |
July | 4th (special) | — | — | — | — | |
August | 5th | 12th | 21st | 30th | 36th | |
September | — | 13th (special) | — | — | — | |
October | 6th | 14th | 22nd | 31st | 37th | |
November | — | — | 23rd (special) | — | — | |
December | 7th | 15th | 24th | 32nd | 38th |
12th NPC (2013–2018)
2022
13th NPCSC: 38th Session (Dec. 27–30)
13th NPCSC: 37th Session (Oct. 26–30)
13th NPCSC: 36th Session (Aug. 30–Sept. 2)
13th NPCSC: 35th Session (June 21–24)
13th NPCSC: 34th Session (Apr. 18–20)
13th NPC: 5th Session (Mar. 5–11)
13th NPCSC: 33rd Session (Feb. 27–28)
2021
13th NPCSC: 32nd Session (Dec. 20–24)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Women’s Rights, Trade Unions, Yellow River & Black Soil Protection, Emergency Management Reform & More
- NPCSC Enacts Legislation to Improve Plant Variety Protections, Curb Noise Pollution, Protect Wetlands & Strengthen Legislative Oversight of the Economy
- “Sweep Away Darkness, Eliminate Evil”: A Belated Overview of China’s First Organized Crime Law
13th NPCSC: 31st Session (Oct. 19–23)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Antitrust, Telecom Fraud, Agriculture, Local Governance, Reform Pilots & More
- NPC Standing Committee Authorizes Property Tax Pilots (with Translation of the Authorization)
- NPCSC Adopts New Laws on Family Education and Land Borders, Amends Audit Law & Authorizes New Regulatory and Military Reforms
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)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Public Health, Coast Guard, Legal Aid, Wetlands Protection, Education & Workplace Safety
- Recording & Review Pt. 7: Constitutionally Mandated Mandarin-Medium Education
- NPCSC Passes Coast Guard Law, Revises Administrative Penalties Law & Animal Epidemic Prevention Law & Establishes Beijing Financial Court
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)
2018
13th NPCSC: 7th Session (Dec. 23–29)
13th NPCSC: 6th Session (Oct. 22–26)
13th NPCSC: 5th Session (Aug. 27–31)
13th NPCSC: 3rd Session (June 19–22)
13th NPCSC: 2nd Session (Apr. 25–27)
13th NPC: 1st Session (Mar. 5–20)
12th NPCSC: 33rd Session (Feb. 23–24)
12th NPCSC: 32nd Session (Jan. 29–30)
2017
12th NPCSC: 31st Session (Dec. 22–27)
12th NPCSC: 30th Session (Oct. 30–Nov. 4)
- NPCSC to Consider New Criminal Law Amendment, Apply National Anthem Law to SARs & Hear Judicial Reform Reports
- Explainer: National Anthem Law, New Criminal Law Amendment, and Their Implications for Hong Kong
- NPCSC Criminalized National Anthem Disrespect, Applied National Anthem Law to SARs & Authorized Nationwide Supervision System and Armed Police Reforms