The Fifth Session of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) had received
3,583 proposals by 5:00 p.m. of March 8.
After looking into the proposals, the CPPCC's Proposals
Sub-Committee has put on record 3,368 or 94 percent of the total to
be conveyed to relevant departments for handling, according to a
report by the Proposal Sub-committee delivered at the closing
ceremony of the Fifth Session of the Ninth CPPCC National Committee
here Wednesday afternoon.
Among the proposals, the report said, 3,265 were filed by members
of the Ninth National Committee of the CPPCC, 56 by the central
committees of parties other than the Communist Party of China and
people's organizations, one by a CPPCC sub-committee and 46 by
different social circle groups.
Of
the proposals put on record, 1,460 or 43.35 percent concern
economic matters, 889 or 26.40 percent concern the development of
science, education, culture, health and sports, and 1,019 or 30.25
percent were on political and legal affairs, personnel and the
united front work. The 215 proposals not put on record for handling
will be conveyed to relevant departments for study and reference as
letters from CPPCC members.
Although the proposals cover a wide range of issues, much attention
was given to such hot spots as increasing the income of farmers,
improving the social security system, taking care of the
disadvantaged groups and building a social credit system, the
report said.
Issues concerning the cross-Straits situation and promotion of
peaceful reunification of the motherland, further implementation of
nationalities policies and religious policies, maintaining
stability and development in areas inhabited by national minorities
are also the focus of attention in the proposals, the report
said.
During the run of the CPPCC session, the Proposals Sub-committee
called two forums of representatives from the Ministry of
Education, the Ministry of Finance, the State Economic and Trade
Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the State
Administration for Industry and Commerce and the People's Bank of
China concerning the proposals concerning tertiary school entrance
examination, education for all-round development and personal and
corporate credit systems. Some proposals that are in need of urgent
treatment have already been timely handed over to departments
concerned.
The report said that a meeting will be held on March 18 after the
end of the CPPCC session to hand over proposals that have been put
on record to the CPC Central Committee, the Standing Committee of
the National People's Congress, the State Council, the CPPCC
National Committee, departments of the Central Military Commission,
the General Office of the Supreme People's Court, the General
Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and to the
governments, Party committees and relevant people's organizations
of various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
(Xinhua News Agency March 13, 2002)