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✶ 14th National People's Congress · 2023–2028

Three thousand
deputies, one week.

2,977 deputies were elected between December 2022 and January 2023 by 35 electoral units: the provincial congresses, Hong Kong, Macao, the armed forces, and a 13-member delegation for Taiwan, which the PRC claims but does not govern. The constitution makes the NPC "the highest organ of state power"; it meets once a year, for about a week.

Who the deputies are · credentials report, 25 Feb 2023

One in three
is an official.

  • 26.54%women · 790
  • 14.85%ethnic minorities · 442, all 55 groups
  • 32.55%Party and government officials
  • 16.69%frontline workers and farmers
  • 21.3%professional and technical staff
  • 26.77%returning deputies · 797

The report does not say how many deputies belong to the Communist Party, and we found no official figure. Wikipedia's party table lists 2,091 Communist Party seats of 2,980; see the Party page.

1489 a majority of all deputies passes a law
  • Officials (Party and government cadres) · 969
  • Professionals · 634
  • Workers and farmers · 497
  • Not in these three groups · 877

Deputies seated · NPC Standing Committee announcements

2,977 elected,
2,847 now.

The Standing Committee publishes the number of seated deputies as it accepts resignations and removals and confirms by-elections; the total has fallen through the term. By 28 Aug 2026 it had 130 fewer members than were elected.

  1. 5 Mar 20232,977
  2. 25 Feb 20252,929
  3. 27 Dec 20252,900
  4. 28 Aug 20262,847

Source: NPCSC Announcement [14th] No.19 (Xinhua 2026-08-28). Bars start at 2,700.

35 delegations · deputies elected per unit

Henan 174,
Ningxia 23.

The Electoral Law allots seats by population "on the principle that each deputy represents the same number of urban and rural residents" (our translation), plus a base per region and seats for minorities (Articles 16–18). Smaller and minority regions end up with far fewer residents per deputy.

Fewest residents per deputy (mainland)

Tibet · 152,004

Qinghai · 246,832

Ningxia · 313,159

Most residents per deputy (mainland)

Guangdong · 745,636

Zhejiang · 652,198

Hebei · 606,587

UnitDeputiesPopulation 2020Residents per deputy
Henan 河南 174 99,365,519 571,066
Shandong 山东 173 101,527,453 586,864
Guangdong 广东 169 126,012,510 745,636
Sichuan 四川 147 83,674,866 569,217
Jiangsu 江苏 144 84,748,016 588,528
Hebei 河北 123 74,610,235 606,587
Hunan 湖南 118 66,444,864 563,092
Hubei 湖北 113 57,752,557 511,085
Anhui 安徽 111 61,027,171 549,794
Zhejiang 浙江 99 64,567,588 652,198
Liaoning 辽宁 94 42,591,407 453,100
Guangxi 广西 91 50,126,804 550,844
Yunnan 云南 91 47,209,277 518,783
Heilongjiang 黑龙江 84 31,850,088 379,168
Jiangxi 江西 81 45,188,635 557,884
Guizhou 贵州 75 38,562,148 514,162
Fujian 福建 74 41,540,086 561,353
Shaanxi 陕西 69 39,528,999 572,884
Shanxi 山西 68 34,915,616 513,465
Jilin 吉林 60 24,073,453 401,224
Xinjiang 新疆 60 25,852,345 430,872
Chongqing 重庆 59 32,054,159 543,291
Inner Mongolia 内蒙古 58 24,049,155 414,641
Shanghai 上海 57 24,870,895 436,331
Beijing 北京 53 21,893,095 413,077
Gansu 甘肃 53 25,019,831 472,072
Tianjin 天津 40 13,866,009 346,650
Hong Kong 香港 36 7,474,200 207,617
Hainan 海南 26 10,081,232 387,740
Tibet 西藏 24 3,648,100 152,004
Qinghai 青海 24 5,923,957 246,832
Ningxia 宁夏 23 7,202,654 313,159
Taiwan 台湾not governed by the PRC 13 23,561,236 —
Macao 澳门 12 683,218 56,935
PLA and People's Armed Police281——

'deputies' = deputies elected per electoral unit as published in the official list of 14th NPC deputies (NPCSC announcement, Xinhua 2023-02-24/25; '各选举单位选出的代表' with per-unit counts in headings); sums to 2,977. 'initial_quota_2022' = NPCSC allocation plan of 2022-04-20 (the plan says another 255 seats were to be allocated later by the NPCSC, which explains elected > quota). 'current_per_zh_wikipedia_2026' = secondary, zh.wikipedia list updated 2026-03-11 (sums to 2,848 vs 2,847 official in Aug 2026); use only as indicative. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan populations are end-2020 figures from their own authorities, quoted in census communiqué No. 2; Taiwan's figure is not a PRC census count.

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Between sessions

175 members
legislate all year.

The Standing Committee interprets the constitution and enacts and amends laws other than those reserved to the full congress (Constitution, Article 67). Chair: Zhao Leji (elected 2023-03-10). Secretary-general: Liu Qi.

Vice chairs (14): Li Hongzhong, Wang Dongming, Xiao Jie, Zheng Jianbang, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, He Wei, Wu Weihua, Tie Ning, Peng Qinghua, Zhang Qingwei, Losang Jamcan, Shohrat Zakir.

1 chair + 14 vice chairs + 1 secretary-general (elected 2023-03-10) + 159 members (elected 2023-03-11). Current total: not published as a single figure.

How a vote passes

  • Constitution, Art. 64

    Amendments to the Constitution … shall be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of deputies to the National People's Congress. Laws and other proposals shall be adopted by a majority vote of all deputies to the National People's Congress.

  • Constitution, Art. 61

    A session of the National People's Congress shall be held once every year and convened by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

  • 2026 session

    4th session 2026-03-05 (morning) to 2026-03-12 (afternoon); adopted the 15th Five-Year Plan outline and the Ecological and Environmental Code.

  • 2027

    The fifth and final session of the 14th NPC; no date announced. The 15th NPC's first session is expected in March 2028 (inferred from the five-year term).

The other chamber that is not one · 14th CPPCC National Committee

2,172 advisers,
34 sectors.

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference meets alongside the NPC each March (the "two sessions") as an advisory body; legislative power belongs to the NPC and its Standing Committee (Constitution, Article 58). Its members are listed by sector, not elected by voters. Chair: Wang Huning (elected 2023-03-10).

2,172 on the official list adopted 2023-01-17. Wikipedia gives 2,169 currently, after 3 changes. Sector names as published (Chinese).