International Women’s Day comes on March 8 every year when China’s Two Sessions, the country’s major annual political meetings, are usually in full swing. The term Two Sessions refers to the gatherings of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, the country’s top political advisory body. Female NPC deputies and CPPCC National Committee members spend the day of celebration attending the sessions in Beijing, which ran from March 4 to 13 this year.
The 14th NPC has 790 female deputies, accounting for 26.54 percent of the total. Women make up 22.4 percent of the 14th CPPCC National Committee membership, totaling 487. Among them are
