China

National People's Congress

Political system
Communist system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Other

Notes: Budget Law of the People's Republic of China

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament and the Executive together
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Chinese Yuan (CYN)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
3.640
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
542,720,000 CYN
(2022)

Notes: 2015

Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
129,868,390
(2022)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
No information available
State budget, per year
26,060,900,000,000 CYN
(2022)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
0.000
(2022)

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
Yes
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
No information available
Number of staff employed by the chamber (FTE)
No information available

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
Other

Notes: all members of parliament

Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
Yes
Length of term of the Secretary General
The same as the term of the House
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Other

Notes: Vice-chairman of the Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of China

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No