BRTV:

In recent years, the CPPCC has taken many practical measures to enhance consensus-building, such as organizing reading and publicity activities and lectures by CPPCC members. Could you brief us on this work? Thank you.

Zou Jiayi:

Thank you for your question. It seems that you are familiar with the work of the CPPCC. Unity and democracy are the two major themes of the CPPCC. Unity needs consensus, and democracy enhances consensus. General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed that ideological guidance and consensus-building are essential to unite people. The CPPCC has recently prioritized building broad consensus by strengthening ideological and political guidance. We have played an active role in innovation for establishing new mechanisms and platforms to make the CPPCC's work of building consensus more targeted, effective, and modern.

For example, we have launched reading activities for CPPCC members, which is a move of the CPPCC to implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping. In the past two years since its launch, we have established a smart reading platform for CPPCC members and the CPPCC National Committee Academy by integrating organized reading with individual reading. We have also combined CPPCC members' reading with their performance of duties, online reading with online communication, and the application of consultation achievements with social spillover effects. The academy is a scholarly place, where we organize reading and discussion activities every week. Meanwhile, on our app, we have set up 129 reading groups on topics such as CPC history, Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, the unity of Chinese people, the Chinese Dream, the origin of Chinese civilization, and building a community with a shared future for mankind for reading exchange. CPPCC members have been highly motivated to participate in the reading activities, with a participation rate of 98%, leaving more than 580,000 comments. They have not only improved the quality of their proposals through reading but also stepped up efforts in building consensus through consultation and exchange. These activities enable the CPPCC members to improve themselves through studying and promote mutual learning and common progress among members of different sectors. We have also invited public participation in the reading activities for CPPCC members, intending to foster a scholarly society through developing a scholarly CPPCC.

Another example is that we comprehensively used various platforms to build consensus, such as through CPPCC members giving lectures and reports, or through "CPPCC Members Talk" short videos. At present, the CPPCC National Committee is carrying out a campaign titled "Forging Ahead in the New Era: 100 Members Talk," in a bid to welcome the 20th CPC National Congress through extensive and cohesive practical action. A large number of CPPCC members who have a great sense of mission, responsibility, achievement and influence actively participated in the campaign. Based on their personal experiences and the performance of their duties, they spoke about China's historic achievements and the historical changes that have taken place during the past 10 years under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core, and also their stories of performing the duties as CPPCC members to serve the country and the people. These efforts have played a positive role in inspiring, bringing together and building confidence among the people.

Not long ago, at the first session of "Forging Ahead in the New Era: 100 Members Talk" held by the CPPCC National Committee, several CPPCC members shared some good stories. Yang Changfeng told the story of China's independent research and development of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System; Li Chenggui shared the efforts made by agricultural sci-tech workers to ensure food security; Liu Bingjiang touched on how China had become the fastest country in the world to tackle air pollution; Cheng Hong reviewed the success and splendor of hosting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics; and Chen Zhilie demonstrated the confidence and decisiveness of private enterprises in promoting high-quality economic growth. These stories were very well received by the audience. The second and third sessions of the campaign are to be arranged. I would like to invite friends from the media here today to join the event, since the reports made by the members are really impressive. Thank you.