THE 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) will open its third annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2025, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee yesterday.

The decision was adopted at the end of an NPC Standing Committee session held from Saturday to yesterday.

The suggested agenda of the annual session includes reviewing the government work report and examining the report on the implementation of the annual plan on national economic and social development for 2024 and the draft plan on national economic and social development for 2025.

The annual session is expected to examine the report on the implementation of the central and local budgets for 2024 and the draft central and local budgets for 2025.

 According to the decision, lawmakers are expected to deliberate a draft amendment to the Law on Deputies to the National People’s Congress and to the Local People’s Congresses at Various Levels, and review the work reports of the NPC Standing Committee, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

Meanwhile, the third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has been suggested to start on March 4, 2025, in Beijing.
The suggestion was made at a recent Chairperson’s Council meeting of the 14th CPPCC National Committee.

 The meeting also decided the 10th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC National Committee to be convened on March 1 and 2, 2025, to prepare for the annual session of the CPPCC National Committee.
Xinhua