Shanghai Municipal People's Congress

The Shanghai Municipal People's Congress is the local people's congress of Shanghai.^[1] With 855 members in 2020, People's Congress is the elected council of Shanghai that oversees the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The Municipal People's Congress is elected for a term of five years. It holds annual sessions every spring, usually lasting from 5 to 7 days, in the Shanghai Expo Center [zh] in Pudong of Shanghai, and these annual meetings provide an opportunity for the officers of Shanghai to review past policies and present future plans to Shanghai.

Shanghai Municipal People's Congress 上海市人民代表大会
16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Type
Type	Province-level people's congress
Established	16 August 1954
Leadership
Chairwoman	Huang Lixin, CPC since January 24, 2024
Vice Chairpersons	Zheng Gangmiao, CPC Zhou Huilin, CPC Zong Ming, CPC Chen Jing, CPC Zhang Quan, CPWDP Xu Yisong, RCCK since January 28, 2018
Secretary-General	Xie Jiangang, CPC since January 15, 2023
Structure
Seats	855 (include members of Standing Committee is 57)
SMPC political groups	Government (868):   CPC (558)   RCCK (19)   CDL (30)   CNDCA (26)   CAPD (24)   CPWDP (16)   CZGP (14)   JS (35)   TDSL (3)   Others (7)   Independent (115)   PLA (21)
SCSMPC political groups	Government (57):   CPC (38)   RCCK (1)   CDL (1)   CNDCA (1)   CAPD (1)   CPWDP (1)   CZGP (1)   JS (2)   TDSL (1)   Independent (9)   PLA (1)
SMPC committees	8 Law Internal and Judicial Affairs Financial and Economic Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Urban Construction and Environmental Protection Overseas Chinese, Ethnic and Religious Affairs Foreign Affairs Agricultural and Rural Affairs
Elections
SMPC voting system	Plurality-at-large voting & Two-round system
Last SMPC election	15 January 2023
Next SMPC election	January 2028
Meeting place
No.200 People Avenue, Shanghai
Website
www.spcsc.sh.cn

Shanghai Municipality People's Congress
Simplified Chinese	上海市人民代表大会
Traditional Chinese	上海市人民代表大會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎi Shì Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì

History

In November 2015, the SMPC launched a public account on WeChat.^[2]

Organization

Chairpersons

Name	Took office	Left office
Yan Youmin	1979	1981
Hu Lijiao	1981	1988
Ye Gongqi (叶公琦)	1988	1998
Chen Tiedi (陈铁迪)	February 1998	February 2003
Gong Xueping (龚学平)	February 2003	January 2008
Liu Yungeng	January 2008	January 2013
Yin Yicui	February 2013	January 2020
Jiang Zhuoqing	January 20, 2020	January 15, 2023
Dong Yunhu	January 15, 2020	July 12, 2023
Huang Lixin	January 24, 2024	Incumbent

See also

• Politics of Shanghai