Committee for Social and Legal Affairs

The Committee for Social and Legal Affairs^[1] is one of ten special committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's united front system.

Committee for
Social and Legal Affairs

中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会 社会和法制委员会
Formation	June 9, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-06-09)
Type	Special committee of the CPPCC
Location	Beijing
Chairperson	Xu Lingyi
Parent organization	National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Committee for Social and Legal Affairs
Simplified Chinese	中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会社会和法制委员会
Traditional Chinese	中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會社會和法制委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì Quánguó Wěiyuánhuì Shèhuì Hè Fǎzhì Wěiyuánhuì
Shortest form
Simplified Chinese	全国政协社会和法制委员会
Traditional Chinese	全國政協社會和法制委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Quánguó Zhèngxié Shèhuì Hè Fǎzhì Wěiyuánhuì

History

The Social and Legal Affairs Committee was created in June 1988 during the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[2]

List of chairpersons

No.	Chairpersons	Took office	Left office	Notes
7th	Ma Wenrui	June 1988	21 May 1993
7th	Kang Keqing	June 1988	21 May 1993
8th	Hua Liankui [zh]	21 May 1993	16 March 1998
8th	Guan Tao [zh]	21 May 1993	16 March 1998
8th	Qian Zhengying	21 May 1993	16 March 1998
9th	Wang Senhao	16 March 1998	15 March 2003
10th	Li Qiyan	15 March 2003	15 March 2008
11th	Zhang Fusen	15 March 2008	13 March 2013
12th	Meng Xuenong	13 March 2013	16 March 2018	[3]
13th	Shen Deyong	16 March 2018	22 June 2022	[4]
14th	Xu Lingyi	13 March 2023	Incumbent