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

HONG KONG, MACAO, TAIWAN AND OVERSEAS CHINESE

-- The CPPCC organized inspection tours and fact-finding missions for over 100 National Committee members from Hong Kong and Macao in provincial-level administrative areas in the central and western regions and in the quake zone to help them better understand economic and social development on the mainland and strengthen cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao. The CPPCC conducted investigations and studies of the contribution the people of Hong Kong and Macao made to reform and opening up on the mainland and made suggestions on how to give them a bigger role.

-- The CPPCC arranged for inspection tours to Taiwan, invited distinguished guests from Taiwan to attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, and arranged for world famous Taiwan businesspeople to visit the mainland. The CPPCC hosted a variety of groups visiting from Taiwan, totaling more than 500 people.

-- The CPPCC invited overseas Chinese representatives to attend plenary sessions of the National Committee as observers and arranged for overseas Chinese to come to China on visits and inspections. The CPPCC staged a choral concert entitled "My Chinese Heart," hosted by people from the Chinese mainland and Chinese nationals from the United States. The CPPCC solicited constructive proposals from overseas Chinese scholars and experts on how to open China yet wider.