Schedule of the First Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress
March 5-13, 2023
(Decided at the first meeting of the Presidium of the First Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress on March 4, 2023)
March 5 (Sunday)
9 a.m. The first plenary meeting of the Congress (opening meeting)
1. Listen to Premier Li Keqiang's report on government work
2. Review the report of the State Council on the implementation of the 2022 national economic and social development plan and the 2023 national economic and social development plan draft, and the 2023 national economic and social development plan draft
3. Review the report of the State Council on the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2022 and the draft central and local budgets in 2023, and the draft central and local budgets in 2023
4. Listen to the explanation of Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, on the draft amendment to the Legislative Law of the People's Republic of China
5. Vote on the draft decision of the General Assembly on the establishment of special committees of the 14th National People's Congress
6. Draft voting method for the chairman, vice-chairman and members of the special committees of the 14th National People's Congress
7. Vote on the draft list of the chairman, vice-chairman, and members of the Constitution and Law Committee of the 14th National People's Congress
8. Vote on the draft list of the chairman, vice-chairman, and members of the Financial and Economic Committee of the 14th National People's Congress
At 3:00 p.m., the plenary meeting of the delegation deliberated on the government work report
March 6 (Monday)
At 9:00 a.m., the representative group meeting deliberates on the government work report
3 p.m. Delegate group meeting to review program reports and drafts, budget reports and drafts
March 7 (Tuesday)
At 9:00 a.m., the representative group meeting deliberates on the draft amendment to the Legislative Law
3 p.m. The second plenary meeting of the Congress
1. Listen to the report of Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, on the work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
2. Listen to the report of the President of the Supreme People's Court Zhou Qiang on the work of the Supreme People's Court
3. Listen to the report of Zhang Jun, Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the work of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
4. Listen to the explanation of State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Xiao Jie on the institutional reform plan of the State Council
March 8 (Wednesday)
9:00 a.m. Delegate group meeting to review the work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
At 3:00 p.m., the representative group meeting deliberated on the draft decision on amending the Legislative Law, the institutional reform plan of the State Council, the draft method for the election and appointment of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, and the selection of scrutineers
March 9 (Thursday)
At 9:00 a.m., the representative group meeting deliberated the work report of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate
At 3:00 p.m., the plenary meeting of the delegation deliberated on the draft decision on the State Council’s institutional reform plan, and was planning to discuss the candidates for the chairman of the People’s Republic of China, the chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, and the chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. Candidates, Candidates for Vice President of the People's Republic of China
March 10 (Friday)
9 a.m. The third plenary meeting of the Congress
1. Vote on the draft decision on the institutional reform plan of the State Council
2. Draft method for voting on the election and appointment of the First Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress
3. Vote on the draft list of chief voters and scrutineers
4. Election of the President of the People's Republic of China
5. Election of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China
6. Election of the chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress
7. Election of Vice President of the People's Republic of China
At 3:00 p.m., the delegation’s plenary meeting was discussing the candidates for the Premier of the State Council, the candidates for the vice chairman and members of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China; the candidates for the director of the National Supervisory Commission, the president of the Supreme People’s Court, and the chief prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, members of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Candidates for committee members
March 11 (Saturday)
9 a.m. Fourth plenary meeting of the Congress
1. Deciding on the candidate for the Premier of the State Council
2. Deciding on candidates for the vice chairman and members of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China
3. Election of the Director of the National Supervisory Commission
4. Election of the President of the Supreme People's Court
5. Election of the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
6. Election of members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress
At 3:00 p.m., the delegation's plenary meeting was deliberating on candidates for the Vice Premier of the State Council, State Councilor, Ministers of various ministries, directors of various committees, Governor of the People's Bank of China, Auditor General, Secretary-General, National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee, Supervisory and Judicial Committee, Education, Science, Culture and Health Candidates for the chairmen, vice-chairmen, and members of special committees such as the Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Overseas Chinese Committee, the Environment and Resource Protection Committee, the Agriculture and Rural Committee, and the Social Construction Committee
March 12 (Sunday)
9 a.m. The Fifth Plenary Session of the Congress
1. Deciding on candidates for the Vice Premier of the State Council, State Councilors, Ministers, Directors of Committees, Governor of the People's Bank of China, Auditor General, and Secretary General
2. Vote separately for the chairmen, vice-chairmen, and vice-chairmen of special committees such as the Ethnic Committee of the National People's Congress, the Supervision and Judiciary Committee, the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Overseas Chinese Committee, the Environment and Resources Protection Committee, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, and the Social Construction Committee. Draft list of committee members
At 3:00 p.m., the representative group meeting deliberated six draft resolutions on the government work report, annual plan, annual budget, work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, work report of the Supreme People's Court, and work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
March 13 (Monday)
9 a.m. The sixth plenary meeting of the Congress (closing meeting)
1. Vote on the draft resolution on the government work report
2. Vote on the draft decision of the National People's Congress on amending the "Legislation Law of the People's Republic of China"
3. Vote on the draft resolution on the implementation of the 2022 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2023 National Economic and Social Development Plan
4. Vote on the draft resolution on the implementation of the central and local budgets in 2022 and the central and local budgets in 2023
5. Vote on the draft resolution on the work report of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
6. Vote on the draft resolution on the work report of the Supreme People's Court
7. Vote on the draft resolution on the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
8. Speech by the President of the People's Republic of China
9. Speech by the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress
Closing