Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee
Political Bureau, presides over the preparatory meeting for the 1st
Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The First Session of the
11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, will open on
Monday afternoon and last 11 days.
The session is scheduled to end on the morning of
March 14, Wu Jianmin, spokesman for the session, told a press conference on
Sunday.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the 10th CPPCC National
Committee, will deliver a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's
Standing Committee over the past year, while Zhang Meiying, vice chairperson of
the 10th CPPCC National Committee, will report how the suggestions and proposals
from CPPCC members were handled since the last session, Wu said.
The China National Radio, China Central Television
and China Radio International will live broadcast the opening while China's
major websites Xinhuanet. com, People.com.cn, China.com and Gov.cn will have
online real time report.
More than 2,000 CPPCC members, coming throughout the
country, are expected to discuss the report on government work delivered by
Premier Wen Jiabao, plan on the restructuring of central departments under the
State Council, and reports on the work of the Supreme People's Court and Supreme
People's Procuratorate, Wu said.
They will also elect chairperson, vice chairpersons
and secretary-general of the 11th CPPCC National Committee, and also members of
the Standing Committee of the 11th CPPCC National Committee, he said.
In addition, the political advisors will adopt a
political resolution, several other resolutions and reports at the annual
session, he added.
Wu Jianmin, the spokesman for the First
Plenary Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), answers questions from
journalists during a news conference on the CPPCC session at the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2008.(Xinhua
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BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- More eligible non-Communists
are expected to become high-ranking officials in China following last year's
appointments of two non-Communist ministers, said a spokesman of the forthcoming
annual political advisory session.
"Across China, more than 31,000 non-Communists are working
as officials at or above county level, of whom at least 6,000 work at government
organizations and judicial bodies at various levels," said Wu Jianmin, spokesman
for the First Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Full story
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Chairpersons of China's eight
democratic parties are to meet domestic and foreign reporters at a joint press
conference on Thursday on the sideline of the annual full session of the
country's top political advisory body, said a spokesman of the session.
This is a group debut of the newly-elected leaders of
non-Communist parties in front of domestic and foreign journalists, according to
Wu Jianmin, spokesman for the First Session of the 11th National Committee of
the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Full story
