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

Source: Xinhua | 03-03-2009 15:19

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- 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 here in the Great Hall of the People Tuesday afternoon.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee  of the Chinese People's Political Consultative  Conference (CPPCC), delivers a report on the  work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing  Committee at the Great Hall of the People in  Beijing, capital of China, March 3, 2009. The  Second Session of the 11th CPPCC National  Committee opens on Tuesday.(Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

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.