Standing Committee of the National People's Congress · Full chronicle and history

Zhao Leji presided over the Chairmen's Meeting of the National People's Congress, which decided that the NPC Standing Committee session would be held from November 2 to 6, deliberating on the qualifications of delegates and appointment and removal proposals among other agenda items.

The NPC Standing Committee is conducting an urgent first review of three draft laws: the Financial Law, the Government Procurement Law, and the Bidding and Tendering Law, with the core promotion of retroactive checks on major capital flows and a lifelong accountability mechanism.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the CCP has passed the newly revised National Defense Mobilization Law, which will take effect on October 1, 2026.

On August 28, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress revised and promulgated the National Defense Mobilization Law, stipulating that men aged 18 to 60 and women aged 18 to 55 shall lawfully undertake national defense duties, effective October 1.

On August 28, China's NPC Standing Committee revised and passed the National Defense Mobilization Law, which will take effect on October 1. Compared with the old 2010 law, civilian resources have been expanded from "requisition" to "expropriation and requisition."

On August 28, 2026, China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to pass the revised National Defense Mobilization Law, expanding the disposal of civilian resources from conscription to include both requisition and conscription, and for the first time specifying provisions on wartime information management and compulsory performance of contracts.

On August 28, 2026, a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress abruptly removed Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Zhang Youxia and Chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission Liu Zhenli from their military posts.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has opened its session, with the agenda including deliberation of a report on the qualifications of individual delegates, which may involve Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli.

The meeting heard the National Commission of Supervision's submission for deliberation of the draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, the Ministry of Finance reported on government debt management, and deliberation began on personnel appointment and removal bills.

The Chinese Communist Party's draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law has been submitted to a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for its first reading.

The Chairpersons' Meeting of the National People's Congress announced the agenda for the NPC Standing Committee meeting on August 25, which includes deliberation of a report on the qualifications of certain deputies.

On June 26, 2026, a notice from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced the termination of the qualifications of 14 National People's Congress deputies, including Politburo member Ma Xingrui.

On June 26, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced that six military deputies had been removed from office, including Xu Xueqiang, Li Fengbiao, Guo Puxiao, Wang Kangping, Yin Hongxing, and Zhang Minghua.

On June 26, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced the termination of the representative qualifications of 14 people, including Li Yunze, Ma Xingrui, Fei Gaoyun, and Guo Yonghang, of whom 6 were removed by congress of servicemen and 1 resigned.

In late June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress released the draft amendment to the Lawyers Law, with new clauses explicitly requiring practicing lawyers to support the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the socialist rule of law, and mandating that law firms establish grassroots Party organizations in accordance with the Party Constitution.

The NPC Standing Committee is holding a meeting from June 23 to 26, which is expected to review and approve reports on the termination of individual representative qualifications involving senior military officers and officials.

The third reading draft of the Social Assistance Law was submitted to the NPC Standing Committee for deliberation, proposing to change the term 'vagrants and beggars' to 'dispersed persons', sparking heated discussion among netizens.

On November 8, 2024, the Chinese Communist Party approved a quota of 6 trillion yuan for replacing hidden debt, rolling over and cutting interest rates on local government financing vehicle (LGFV) debt at a pace of 2 trillion yuan per year, effectively shifting losses onto creditors.

On October 24, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the issuance of 1 trillion yuan in additional government bonds for post-disaster reconstruction and disaster prevention and mitigation; a subsequent audit report said that less than 32% of the funds could actually be accounted for.

The revised Anti-Espionage Law was passed, significantly expanding the definition of espionage activities, adding a dedicated chapter on security prevention, and incorporating the mass line and the primary responsibility of work units into the law.

On June 30, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It was gazetted and implemented in Hong Kong at 11:00 PM that night. Subsequently, many countries suspended their extradition treaties with Hong Kong, and the United States revoked Hong Kong's special status.

On December 29, 2005, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to repeal the Agricultural Tax Regulations. Hu Jintao signed Presidential Order No. 46 on the same day. From January 1, 2006, Chinese farmers no longer paid agricultural tax, reducing the burden on farmers nationwide by 133.5 billion yuan per year, an average of 140 yuan per person.