The 8th National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第八届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第八屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dìbā Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It held five plenary sessions in this period.
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