NPC,  CPPCC Annual Sessions 2009

    BEIJING, March 13 -- The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's parliament of more than 2,000 delegates, ended in Beijing on Thursday morning, with pledges to help maintain steady and relatively fast economic development in 2009.

    Top Communist Party and state leaders including Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, and Wen Jiabao, were present at the Second Session of the 11th National Committee's closing ceremony.

    Proposals submitted covered economic development, farmers and agriculture, social security, education, democracy and the legal system, among others.

    Two special meetings were held during the 10-day annual session, focusing on employment of returned migrant workers and stimulation of domestic demand for steady and relatively rapid economic growth.

    The CPPCC National Committee will hold a meeting on March 24, when the proposals will be transferred to 168 governments departments and units for further handling.

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.

    (Source: XHTV)