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- Official Site: About Congress
- NPC Sessions 2008: Issues
- Wikipedia: National People's Congress
- Country Studies: China: The National People's Congress
- NNC News: In Pictures: China's NPC Opens (March 5, 2008)
- Xinhua News: Backgrounder: People's Congress System and NPC (March 4, 2008)
- "The NPC exercises legislative power, amends the Constitution and supervises its enforcement, formulates and amends basic statutes and other laws; elects and decides on the leading personnel of state-level administrative, judicial, procuratorial and military bodies, and has the right to recall them; supervises government work in accordance with the Constitution and laws; and examines and decides on the fundamental, long-term and key issues of the state."
- The Associated Press: China Top Advisory Body Meets (March 3, 2008)
National People's Congress News
- Google News: National People's Congress
- The Sydney Morning Herald: China Pours Billions into Social Policy (March 6, 2008)
- "In his state-of-the-nation address the Premier, Wen Jiabao, criticized officials who 'try to shirk their responsibilities' and conceded the Government's achievements 'still fall somewhat short of what circumstances require and the people expect'."
- Bloomberg: Xi, Li May Emerge As Successors to China's Leaders (March 5, 2008)
- National Post: China Hikes Military Budget 17.6% (March 5, 2008)
- Forbes: China Readies To Unveil Next Generation Of Leaders (March 4, 2008)
- VOA News: China's Legislature Opens Annual Session Amid Tensions with Taiwan (March 4, 2008)
- International Business Times: China Sticks by Its Tough Policies (March 4, 2008)
- CNN: Economy Tops China Agenda (March 4, 2008)
National People's Congress Blogs and Commentaries
- Richard Spencer (Telegraph): China’s Military Is Not All It Seems (March 4, 2008)
- The Grieboski Report: Apparently China Is Holding Elections; They Just Didn't Tell Anyone... (March 4, 2008)
- Human Right's Watch: National People’s Congress Must Address Rights Reforms (March 3, 2008)
- Chinese Law Prof Blog: The Gerrymandered National People's Congress (November 17, 2007)