The Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body,
held the 17th meeting of its standing committee on Wednesday,
making preparations for the conclusion of its annual full
session.?
The meeting, presided by Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC
National Committee, approved a draft political resolution of the
Fifth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the CPPCC, which
is to be voted at the closing meeting of the current session on
Thursday.
Jia Qinglin (4th L, front row),
chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presides over the 17th
meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National Committee
of the CPPCC in Beijing, capital of China, March 14,
2007.
Two other draft resolutions on the work report of the standing
committee of the CPPCC National Committee and on the handling of
advisors' proposals will also be submitted for approval at the
closing meeting.
Zheng Wantong, secretary general of the session, said during the
session the CPPCC National Committee members heard and discussed
the report on the government work by Premier Wen Jiabao, the
reports on the work of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme
People's Procuratorate, and the draft property law and the draft
enterprise income tax law.
The members believed the passage of the two laws will meet with
the pressing demands of social and economic development and will be
conducive to boosting the growth of domestic companies and
optimizing the industry structure.
Founded in 1949, the CPPCC National Committee, with elite
members of various social sectors, serves as a think tank for the
government and for the country's legislative and judicial
organs.
As an open forum where the ruling Communist Party, non-Communist
parties of China and people with no party affiliations discuss
state affairs freely and on an equal footing, the CPPCC National
Committee has been the manifestation of China's socialist
democracy.
Members of the Standing Committee of
the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC) clap hands during the 17th meeting
of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National Committee of the
CPPCC in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2007.
(Xinhua News Agency March 15, 2007)
