About China's Two Sessions

In early March, the Chinese government holds its most important two meetings: the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC). CGTN looks at how these political gatherings work and what their decisions mean for China and the world.

Portraits of the deputies to the 13th NPC.

Wang Yang: CPPCC to better act as the body of consultation as it turns 70

The chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has promised that the top political advisory body will fulfill its functions of political consultation to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of both the People's Republic of China and the CPPCC.

Timetable: The second session of the 13th NPC

Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), announced a detailed agenda for China's annual legislative session at a press conference on Monday.

Timetable: The second session of the 13th NPC

Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), announced a detailed agenda for China's annual legislative session at a press conference on Monday.

How does China's political structure work?

Re-Shuffling the Government

Government Reshuffle Explainer Chinese English with logo music

Fighting Corruption in China

China’s top political advisory body starts annual session

China’s top political advisory body started its annual session Sunday afternoon in Beijing, raising the curtain of a key season in the country’s political calendar.

Highlights: NPC spokesperson briefs media on Sino-U.S. ties, BRI, other key issues

A press conference on the Second Session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) is being held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

How NPC delegates pass laws in China

Highlights: CPPCC spokesperson briefs media on trade talks, China's image, other key issues

Guo Weimin, the spokesperson for the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), briefed media Saturday on the arrangements for the upcoming gathering in Beijing.

China's Two Sessions 2019: Four critical issues in a 'key year'

What measures will China take to grow its economy? How will the country tackle its three tough battles of risk, poverty and pollution? China's upcoming Two Sessions will give some important answers.

China's growing legal system

There are currently over 400,000 lawyers in China. Forty years ago, the country had hardly any. China began its reform and opening-up in the late 1970s, during which the legal system began to see significant changes.

Electing Deputies to China’s 13th National People’s Congress

How are NPC deputies elected? According to China’s Constitution, NPC deputies are members of the highest organ of state power in China. They are elected in accordance with law. Every five years, Ch…

Political advisors gather in Beijing for annual meeting

Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee are heading to Beijing for the top advisory body's annual session, which will open Sunday with more than 2,000 members expected to be in attendance.

CPPCC member: China's 5G smartphones to be widely used in 2020

China's 5G smartphones will be available in the second half of 2019, and can be widely used next year, Zhang Yunyong, president of the China Unicom Research Institute, told the press on Sunday ahead of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

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