This page provides an overview of the sessions held by the 12th NPC and its Standing Committee (NPCSC). It also archives our posts that covered those sessions since October 2016, listed reverse-chronologically below. In the table, the ordinal numbers denote the NPCSC’s regular sessions unless otherwise noted. You can click on each hyperlinked number to view the relevant posts; sessions that we did not cover are not hyperlinked.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | — | — | — | 32nd (special) | |
| February | 7th | 13th | 19th | 26th | 33rd (final) | |
| March | 1st (NPC) 1st | 2th (NPC) | 3rd (NPC) | 4th (NPC) | 5th (NPC) | |
| April | 2nd | 8th | 14th | 20th | 27th | |
| June | 3rd | 9th | 15th | 21th | 28th | |
| August | 4th | 10th | 16th | 22nd | 29th | |
| September | — | — | — | 23rd (special) | — | |
| October | 5th | 11th | 17th | 24th | 30th | |
| December | 6th | 12th | 18th | 25th | 31st |
2018
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