Shen Chunyao

Shen Chunyao
Shen Chunyao
沈春耀
	Shen in July 2020
Chairperson of the National People's Congress Constitution and Law Committee
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 April 2017
Preceded by	Li Shishi
Personal details
Born	May 1960 (age 64); Ye County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Jilin University; China University of Political Science and Law

Shen Chunyao (Chinese: 沈春耀; pinyin: Shěn Chūnyào; born May 1960) is a Chinese politician who is the chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress [zh] since April 2017.

Biography

Shen was born in Ye County (now Laizhou), Shandong, in May 1960, and graduated from Jilin University and then the Department of Law, China University of Political Science and Law.^[3]

Shen worked in the State Council before being assigned to the National People's Congress.^[3] He was a member of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee in March 2003 and subsequently a member of the National People's Congress Legal Committee in October 2004. He also served as deputy chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from April 2007 to December 2008 and director of the Research Office of the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from December 2008 to April 2011. He was promoted to deputy secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. in April 2011. On 27 April 2017, he was promoted again to become chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress [zh].^[3] He concurrently serves as director of the Basic Law Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress [zh] and director of the Basic Law Committee of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress [zh] since March 2018.

^ Nie Chenjing (聂晨静), ed. (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ Zhan Jing (詹婧), ed. (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shao Yuxiao (单玉晓) (28 April 2017). 沈春耀任人大常委会法工委主任跻身正部级. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.

Assembly seats
Preceded by Li Shishi	Chairperson of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress [zh] 2017–	Incumbent