11th National People's Congress

The 11th National People's Congress (Chinese: 第十一届全国人民代表大会) met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 11th Congress in 2008, with 2972 in office at the end of the term (2012).[1]

Chinese Congressional election, 2007–08
Oct. 2007 – Feb. 2008
All 2,987 seats to the National People's Congress
  Majority party Minority party
  RCKMT
Leader Hu Jintao Zhou Tienong
Party Communist Minge (RCKMT)
Alliance United Front United Front
Leader's seat Jiangsu At-large Hebei At-large
Last election 72.9% 16%
Seats before 2,178 480
Seats won 2,099 888
Seat change 79 408
Chairman before election

Wu Bangguo
Communist

 Chairman-elect

Wu Bangguo
Communist

11th National People's Congress
Traditional Chinese第十一屆全國人民代表大會
Simplified Chinese第十一届全国人民代表大会
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The 1st session
Main article: 2008 National People's Congress

The first session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 18, 2008.[2] It re-elected Hu Jintao as President and Wen Jiabao as Premier. Xi Jinping was elected Vice-President. The State Council, China's cabinet, went through major restructuring.

The 2nd session
Main article: 2009 National People's Congress

The second session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 13, 2009.[2] This congress tackled issues such as the worsening global financial crisis, attempted to introduce a new social welfare system, as well as checks and balances on public officials.

The 3rd session
Main article: 2010 National People's Congress

The third session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2010.[2]

The 4th session
Main article: 2011 National People's Congress

The fourth session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2011.[2]

The 5th session
Main article: 2012 National People's Congress

The fifth and final session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2012.[2]

Election results
NPCSC Chairman Election NPCSC Secretary-general Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Wu Bangguo 2,94899Li Jianguo 2,932258
Presidential Election Vice-Presidential Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Hu Jintao 2,95635Xi Jinping 2,9192817
CMC Chairmanship Election Premiership Nomination
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Hu Jintao 2,95944Wen Jiabao 2,9262112
Supreme Court President Election Procurator-general Election
CandidatesForAgainstAbstainCandidatesForAgainstAbstain
Wang Shengjun 2,8853644Cao Jianming 2,9331617
  • All state leaders were elected from one name ballots.
 Summary of the October 2007 – February 2008 National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China election results
Parties Seats
2,987
Total 2,987
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See also

References
  1. Notice 44 of the NPC Standing Committee Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. This notice removed Bo Xilai from office. In addition, four more deaths or resignations were announced on Feb. 27, 2013, the same day that the election of the 12th Congress was announced.
  2. List of the Sessions for the 1st-11th National People's Congresses (in Chinese)
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