11th National People's Congress

Chinese Congressional election, 2007–08

← 2002–03 Oct. 2007 – Feb. 2008 2012–13 →
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìshíyī Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dìshíyī Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

Wu Bangguo
Communist

Wu Bangguo
Communist

The 11th National People's Congress met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week sessions during in this period. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 11th Congress in 2008, with 2972 in office at the end of the term (2012).

The first session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 18, 2008. 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 second session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 13, 2009. 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 third session of the 11th Congress sat from March 5 to March 14, 2010.

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

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

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