Who declared the state of emergency?

Legal analysis: NPC Standing Committee declared a state of emergency. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the functions and powers of the NPC Standing Committee include deciding that the whole country or individual provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government enter a state of emergency.

Legal basis: Article 67 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC) The NPC Standing Committee exercises the following functions and powers: (1) Interpreting the Constitution and supervising its implementation; (2) To enact and amend laws other than those that should be enacted by the National People's Congress; (3) when the National People's Congress is not in session, partially supplement and amend the laws enacted by the National People's Congress, provided that they do not contravene the basic principles of the law; (4) Explain the law; (five) when the National People's Congress is not in session, to examine and approve the national economic and social development plan and some adjustment plans that must be made in the implementation of the national budget; (six) to supervise the work of the State Council, the Central Military Commission (CMC), the National Supervisory Commission (NSC), the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate; (seven) to revoke the administrative regulations, decisions and orders formulated by the State Council that contravene the Constitution and laws; (eight) to revoke the local regulations and resolutions formulated by the state organs of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government that contravene the Constitution, laws and administrative regulations; (9) When the National People's Congress is not in session, to decide on the candidates for ministers, committee directors, auditors-general and secretary-general on the nomination of Premier the State Council; (ten) when the National People's Congress is not in session, according to the nomination of chairman of the Central Military Commission, decide the candidates for other members of the Central Military Commission (CMC); (eleven) according to the request of director of the National Supervisory Commission, the appointment and removal of the National Supervisory Commission (NSC), deputy director and members; (12) To appoint and remove Vice President the Supreme People's Court, judges, members of judicial committees and presidents of military courts upon the request of President the Supreme People's Court; (13) To appoint or remove deputy procurators, procurators, members of procuratorial committees and chief procurators of military procuratorates in the Supreme People's Procuratorate at the request of the procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and to approve the appointment or removal of chief procurators of people's procuratorates of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; (fourteen) to decide on the appointment and removal of plenipotentiaries abroad; (15) To decide on the ratification and abrogation of treaties and important agreements concluded with foreign countries; (sixteen) to stipulate the system of military ranks and other special ranks for military and diplomatic personnel; (seventeen) to stipulate and decide on the medals and honorary titles awarded to the state; (eighteen) to decide on Amnesty; (19) To decide to declare a state of war when the National People's Congress is not in session, if the country suffers from armed aggression, or if international treaties need to be implemented in order to jointly prevent aggression; (20) To decide on national general mobilization or local mobilization; (twenty-one) to decide that the whole country or individual provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall enter a state of emergency; (twenty-two) other functions and powers granted by the National People's Congress.