The following table shows the sessions that China’s 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) and its Standing Committee (NPCSC) have held or are expected to hold. Our posts covering those sessions—whether published here or elsewhere—are listed in reverse chronological order below. The newspaper emoji (📰) indicates issues of our newsletter. The link emoji (🔗) marks posts published by third-party outlets; if such a post is behind a soft paywall, it is also marked with the money bag emoji (💰).
In the table, numbers refer to regular NPCSC sessions unless otherwise noted. Future sessions appear in italics. Click any hyperlinked number to view related posts; sessions without links were not covered.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | |
| January | — | — | — | — | — | |
| February | #8 | #14 | #20 | #26 | #32 (final) | |
| March | #1 (NPC) #1 | #2 (NPC) | #3 (NPC) | #4 (NPC) | #5 (NPC) | |
| April | #2 | #9 | #15 | #21 | #27 | |
| May | — | — | — | — | — | |
| June | #3 | #10 | #16 | #22 | #28 | |
| July | #4 (special) | — | — | — | — | |
| August | #5 | — | — | #23 | #29 | |
| September | — | #11 | #17 | — | — | |
| October | #6 | — | #18 | #24 | #30 | |
| November | — | #12 | — | — | — | |
| December | #7 | #13 | #19 | #25 | #31 |
2025
14th NPCSC: 19th Session (Dec. 22–27)
14th NPCSC: 18th Session (Oct. 24–28)
14th NPCSC: 17th Session (Sept. 8–12)
14th NPCSC: 16th Session (June 24–27)
14th NPCSC: 15th Session (Apr. 27–30)
14th NPC: 3rd Session (Mar. 5–11)
14th NPCSC: 14th Session (Feb. 24–25)
2024
14th NPCSC: 13th Session (Dec. 21–25)
14th NPCSC: 12th Session (Nov. 4–8)
14th NPCSC: 11th Session (Sept. 10–13)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Anti-Corruption, Defense Education, Public Health Emergency, Government Debt, National Parks & State Honors
- Commentary & Translation: China’s Plan to Raise Statutory Retirement Ages
- 📰 September 2024: Retirement Age, Military Training & Economic Data Fraud
- 🔗 Delaying Retirement via Procedural Shortcut: The Fragile Promises of China’s Lawmaking Reforms
14th NPCSC: 10th Session (June 25–28)
14th NPCSC: 9th Session (Apr. 23–26)
14th NPC: 2nd Session (Mar. 5–11)
14th NPCSC: 8th Session (Feb. 26–27)
2023
14th NPCSC: 7th Session (Dec. 25–29)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Chinese-Style Constitutional Review, Legislative Oversight, Charity Regulation, Border Health, Emergency Management & Mineral Resources
- 📰 December 2023: Overview of New Amendments to China’s Criminal Law & Charity Law
- 🔗 Toward a More Rigorous Mechanism for Resolving Legislative Conflicts: Unpacking China’s Transitional “Mini Law” on the “Recording and Review” Process