The 20th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC), the national political advisory body, passed a resolution
that the First Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPPCC National
Committee will be inaugurated on March 3.
At the session, the participants will hear and discuss a report
on the work of the CPPCC National Committee and a report on the
work of proposals, and elect the chairperson, vice chairpersons,
secretary general and members of the Standing Committee of the
CPPCC National Committee.
The participants will also observe the First Plenary Session of
the Eleventh National People's Congress (NPC), the legislature, to
hear and discuss a report on the work of the government and some
other reports.
The meeting was chaired and addressed by Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National
Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau.
In his speech, Jia recalled the work of the CPPCC National
Committee in the past five years and thanked the members of the
Tenth CPPCC National Committee for their contribution to the nation
and the society.
The forthcoming plenary session is "a major event in the
political life of our nation," said the CPPCC leader. He urged all
those involved in the preparation of the session to work hard so as
to ensure its success.
In a related development, a lecture was held for the executive
members of the CPPCC National Committee on Friday, at which, Luan
Enjie, director-in-chief of the China Moon-orbiting Program
delivered a report on the program.
Jia, who also presided over the lecture, expressed his respect
for and appreciation on all those who have participated in the
country's moon-orbiting program. He called it a strategic
decision-making by the CPC Central Committee and the State
Council.
(Xinhua News Agency January 26, 2008)