Shanghai Municipal People's Congress

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

The Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) is the local people's congress of Shanghai.^[1] With 855 members in 2020, SMPC is the elected council of Shanghai that oversees the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The SMPC 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.