China Daily:

As mentioned in the press release, the CPPCC National Committee has done significant work to enhance the responsibility of its members and to help them better play their principal role. Could you give us more details? Thank you. 

Zhang Jing'an:

Thank you, I will answer your question. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that CPPCC National Committee members should fulfill their obligations to the country and to the people, keep in mind their cause, shoulder responsibilities, and conscientiously perform their duties. They should understand the CPPCC, be good at consultation and discussing state affairs, and observe discipline and ethical standards. CPPCC members are the subject of the CPPCC's work. They hold advantage, potential, and vitality of the CPPCC's work. The CPPCC National Committee has 2,160 members from 34 sectors, who are representatives of all political parties, people's organizations, ethnic groups, and social sectors. The CPPCC National Committee strengthened member teams and performance management, focusing on strengthening their awareness, responsibility, and capacity to perform their duties for the country and the people, guiding them to stay true to the founding mission through exemplary actions to show the responsibility of CPPCC members in the new era and represent their new look. 

First, we strengthened CPPCC members' political responsibility. Guidelines for strengthening CPPCC members' responsibility were rolled out and implemented, with an aim to educate CPPCC members and guide them in taking a clear stance in maintaining political integrity, educating them about the Party's new theories to acquire a deep understanding of the decisive significance of the establishment of both Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Their highest priority is to firmly uphold Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and uphold the Central Committee's authority and its centralized, unified leadership. They should keep a consistent and clear position on major issues of principle and be committed to the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. 

Second, we stepped up efforts to improve CPPCC members' ability to perform their duties. The study and training of CPPCC members have been strengthened and improved, which are carried out through multiple batches with special focuses and emphasis on effectiveness. We ensure that each CPPCC member can participate in at least one collective training program during their term to improve their political awareness and ability, their ability to investigate and research, and the ability to maintain ties with the people and work with others. 

Third, we have actively created conditions for CPPCC members to perform their duties. A multilevel mechanism for contacting and serving CPPCC members has been improved, and a system for CPPCC members attending meetings of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee in batches has been established. We have also invited local CPPCC members to participate in activities regarding inspection and research. In addition, we organized Hong Kong and Macao CPPCC members to visit the Chinese mainland every year, and regularly convey the spirit of meetings of the Standing Committee of CPPCC National Committee. We also actively established platforms and provided guarantees for CPPCC members to perform their duties, and explored more convenient channels to perform duties in the information age. For example, the application of the performance platform we developed is very convenient to use on mobile phones and computers. We have improved integrated services, establishing an internet channel connecting 31 provincial level people's political consultative conferences and linking all the CPPCC National Committee members, which has greatly improved the participation and convenience of CPPCC members in performing their duties. 

Fourth, we have established standards for CPPCC members to perform their duties. We formulated and implemented working rules of CPPCC members and established a performance appraisal system for evaluating their performance. We have also worked to improve the filing system and calculating method of CPPCC members' performance, the mechanism that requires members of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to submit work report, and the mechanism on commenting on the performance of the Party members of the Standing Committee of CPPCC National Committee, in a bid to guide CPPCC members to be responsible and better perform their duties. Awards for outstanding performance of CPPCC members have been established to commend those who make outstanding contributions. Meanwhile, we have also strengthened management on CPPCC members' performance in accordance with the CPPCC's charter and other related rules. Thank you. 

Chen Wenjun:

The last two questions, please.