Xin Chunying

Xin was born in 1956 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After graduating with a degree in law from Jilin University in 1978 she continued her studies, obtaining a Master's in Law in 1981 from the Chinese Academy of Social Science. Three years later she traveled to the United States as a visiting scholar of UC Berkeley School of Law where she discovered how Chinese politics was being perceived. Finishing her studies overseas in 1986 she returned to China and worked as a scholar at a number of national-level law institutions.^[3]

In March 2003 Xin was elected as a member of the National People's Congress Law Committee, a special committee whose job is to process national legislation and legislative plans of the nation. In that same year she also became a member of the 10th NPC Standing Committee and the vice-chairman of the 10th Legislative Affairs Committee.^[3]

Since 2008, Xin has withdrawn from many of her committee roles and is now Deputy Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee.^[2][4]

During the 14th National People's Congress, she was appointed chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee.^[5]