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Highlights of Jia Qinglin's work report of China's top political advisory body

2010-03-03 15:46 BJT

Special Report: 2010 NPC & CPPCC Sessions |

 

PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGAINST GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

-- Over the past year, the CPPCC closely followed developments in the global financial crisis and the domestic economic situation; intensified its research on the changing situation; and worked hard to increase the initiative, foresight, and pertinence of its comments and suggestions.

-- The CPPCC convened special sessions in which the Standing Committee deliberated government affairs as well as consultation sessions, all centered on the themes of "striving to boost domestic demand and maintaining steady and rapid economic development" and "accelerating economic restructuring and the transformation of the pattern of economic development, and becoming better able to achieve sustainable development." The CPPCC also held a number of meetings to analyze the economic situation.

-- Over the past year, the CPPCC conducted investigations and studies on 53 special topics, organized 13 inspection and investigative teams for members of the Standing Committee and National Committee, and filed more than 1,800 proposals for investigation and referred them to the relevant authorities.

-- The CPPCC continued to make suggestions for developing a green economy, a circular economy, a low-carbon economy, and clean energy; held a meeting to analyze the development situation as it relates to the population, resources, and the environment; intensely carried out activities concerning caring for the country's forests; supported the reform of collective forest rights; deliberated the issues of fighting climate change and developing nuclear and hydroelectric power; and carried out investigations and studies on the ecological protection and development of the sources of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lancang rivers, the Three Gorges on the Yangtze, and the Hengshui Lake and Ulansuhai Nur wetlands.

-- In 2010, the CPPCC will carry out thorough investigations and studies on improving the institutions, mechanisms and policy orientation for accelerating the transformation of the pattern of economic development.