China
National People's Congress
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (National People's Congress)
Chamber name
Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (National People's Congress)
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1984
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC
Speaker
Leji
Zhao
(Male)
Year of birth
1957
Term
10.03.2023
Additional information
Elected on 10 March 2023.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General of the Standing Committee
Secretary General
Qi
Liu
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Elected on 10 March 2023.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Indirectly elected
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Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
3,000
Note on the statutory number of members
Indirectly elected by the provincial people's congresses.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
1,425,893
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Shiwen Ye (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
88
Oldest member
Jilan Shen (Female)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 37 | 130 | 177 | 480 | 1595 | 540 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 344 | Total >= 46: 2633 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 12 | 55 | 93 | 309 | 1323 | 472 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2278 |
| Female | 0 | 25 | 75 | 84 | 171 | 272 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 699 |
Members for whom data is available
2977
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Notes
A seat is reserved for at least one deputy from each ethnic minority group in the country.
In 2007, the 10th National People’s Congress (NPC) decided that women shall take up a proportion not less than 22 per cent among deputies to the 11th NPC.
(Electoral Law, Article 8)
https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/81/35
In 2007, the 10th National People’s Congress (NPC) decided that women shall take up a proportion not less than 22 per cent among deputies to the 11th NPC.
(Electoral Law, Article 8)
https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/81/35
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.