Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin delivered a report on the work of the country's top political advisory body at the opening meeting of its annual full session which started in the Great Hall of the People Tuesday afternoon.
Following are the highlights of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which was distributed to journalists upon the opening of the session:
Consolidating political unity and cooperation
-- The CPPCC organized a variety of study and implementation activities to fully and correctly understand the series of new strategic concepts, policy decisions and arrangements laid down at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
-- The CPPCC respected and safeguarded the democratic rights of the democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and persons without party affiliation in the CPPCC, and encouraged and supported them in actively expressing their views in CPPCC meetings on special issues and through other platforms for deliberating state affairs.
-- The central committees of the democratic parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce submitted 226 proposals and 3,966 reports on social conditions and popular sentiment, all of which received due consideration and close attention.
Making suggestions focusing on economic and social development
-- Over the past year, the CPPCC kept a close eye on and made a follow-up analysis of economic trends and organized nine special topic forums and consultative sessions for relevant subcommittees of the National Committee to study and analyze the latest changes in the international economic environment and the latest developments in China's economic situation.
-- The CPPCC conducted investigations and studies of 55 special topics, organized 13 inspection teams for members of the Standing Committee and National Committee, and filed more than 4,700 proposals for investigation and referred them to relevant departments. These proposals served as key reference materials in Party and government policy-making.
-- The CPPCC kept focus on issues having an immediate impact on the people's well-being, and paid close attention to economic and social development in ethnic minority areas. The CPPCC organized investigation teams to conduct research in Tibet, Qinghai and Yunnan and submitted comments and suggestions on ways to safeguard national security and maintain stability in Tibet and other ethnic Tibetan areas.
Earthquake relief and post-quake reconstruction
-- On May 12, a massive earthquake that shocked the world rocked Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, inflicting untold misery on the people in the quake zone. The CPPCC resolutely carried out all policy decisions of the Central Committee concerning earthquake relief, and acted promptly to adjust its work agenda to make participation in earthquake relief efforts its most important and pressing task, and one to which it immediately devoted all its energy.
-- The CPPCC contributed money and materials worth nearly 6 billion yuan. In addition, members of CPPCC committees at all levels immediately sprang into action to participate in the earthquake relief efforts in various ways.
-- The CPPCC called a special session of the Chairperson's Council to discuss earthquake relief and post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction, studied and discussed the Master State Plan for Recovery and Reconstruction Following the Wenchuan Earthquake, and arranged for National Committee members to travel to the quake zone to conduct a survey. Many valuable comments and suggestions rewarded these efforts.