The 10th National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第十届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第十屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìshí Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There are 2,984 deputies to this Congress.
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