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In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, NPC sessions
are held annually and are convened by the NPC Standing Committee.
In
line with the Rules of Procedure, the NPC session is held in the
first quarter of the year. This facilitates the examination and
approval of the state budget for the year and consideration of the
report on the implementation of the previous year's budget. The
first plenary session of each new NPC is convened by the Standing
Committee of the outgoing NPC. The deputies to the new NPC will
have been elected less than two months previously.
The annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is normally also
held during the first quarter of the year with the CPPCC session
opening a couple of days ahead of the NPC session.
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