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An editorial to be published in People's Daily Saturday
hails and congratulates the successful conclusion of the annual
session of China's top advisory body.
"This was a democratic, truth-seeking, united and
morale-boosting meeting. It will contribute greatly to our work
this year and push forward the great cause of building a well-off
society in an all-round way," says the editorial of the official
newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee.
The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body, held
its annual session here from March 3 to 12.
Members of the CPPCC National Committee discussed the work of
the CPPCC, adopted amendments to the organization's charter, heard
and discussed the report on the work of the government and other
major reports made at the annual session of the National People's
Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, and discussed amendments
to China's constitution.
The editorial says that achieving the lofty goals of building a
well-off society in an all-round way calls for pooling the wisdom
of the entire Chinese nation and uniting available forces as much
as possible.
It says that as a patriotic united front organization, the CPPCC
could play an important role in the cause by organizing political
consultations among different sectors, doing research and reporting
the findings to decision-making bodies and conveying to the broad
masses the lines and policies of the CPC and the state and uniting
forces of various areas.
The amended charter defines the CPPCC as a patriotic united
front organization of Chinese people, an important organ of the
multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the
leadership of the CPC, and an important route for achieving
socialist democracy in China's political life.
It also defines the main functions of the CPPCC as political
consultation, democratic supervision, and participating in and
discussing government and political affairs.
(Xinhua News Agency March 13, 2004)
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