””””BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Non-communist parties in China have been
playing an increasingly active role in the country's political life.
””””Since the 15th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congresswas held in
September 1997, leaders from non-communist parties have been invited to
participate in 162 major foreign affairs of the state and CPC.
””””Non-communist party leaders have also visited more than 50 countries in the
capacity of deputy chairpersons of either the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress (NPC) or the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
””””"This showcases the close cooperation among different parties in China's
political life and adds new content for improving the system of multi-party
cooperation and political consultation underthe leadership of the CPC," said Liu
Yandong, deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central
Committee.
””””The eight non-communist parties in China are the Revolutionary Committee of
the Chinese Kuomintang, the China Democratic League, the China Democratic
National Construction Association, the China Association for Promoting
Democracy, the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, the China Zhi Gong
Party (Public Interest Party), the Jiu San (September 3) Society and the Taiwan
Democratic Self-Government League.
””””These parties, most of which were founded in the 1940s, have 580,000
members, over 80 percent of whom hold senior technical positions in Chinese
organizations.
””””Since the fourth plenary session of the 13th CPC
Central Committee, the CPC Central Committee, with Jiang Zemin at the core,has
summed up the basic experience of long-term cooperation between the CPC and
other non-Communist parties and inherited and expanded late senior Chinese
leader Deng Xiaoping's theory of multi-party cooperation in accordance with the
characteristics of the era and changes in the international situation, thus making the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation standardized, said
Liu. According to Liu, in the past 13 years, the CPC Central
Committee, the State Council, as well as departments entrusted by
the CPC Central Committee and State Council have held 150 meetingsin
which non-communist party leaders and personages with no party affiliation participated.
By discussing issues ranging from politics and the economy to social development,
decision-making has become more open and democratic, she
said.
””””At present, 120,000 of the country's non-communist party members and
persons with no party affiliation have been elected asdeputies to people's
congresses at different levels, and another 240,000 people have been selected as
members of the CPPCC at different levels.
””””A total of 2,140 have been appointed as deputy leaders or assistants of
governmental organizations above county level and another 51 were appointed as
deputy heads of people's courts or procuratorates at different levels.
””””In the past 13 years, the central committees of the different non-communist
parties have put forward over 160 items of suggestions to the CPC Central
Committee, the State Council and the related organizations, of which, quite a
number have been adopted.
””””In the meantime, the central committees of the non-communist parties and
All-China Federation for Industry and Commerce have submitted some 600 items of
proposals to the national CPPCC meetings, most of which were adopted and
executed.
””””"The system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the
leadership of the CPC will be further improved and expanded along with the
development of socialist democratic politics in China and progress in political
restructuring," said Liu Yandong. Enditem
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