The Fifth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is slated to
open on Saturday afternoon in the Great Hall of the People in
downtown Beijing and will last 12 days, Wu Jianmin, spokesman for
the session, said Friday.
The conference is due to end on the morning of March 15, Wu said
at a press conference.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, will
deliver a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's
Standing Committee over the past year, while Huang Mengfu, vice
chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, will report how the
suggestions and proposals from CPPCC members were handled since the
last session, said Wu.
More than 2,200 CPPCC members, coming throughout the country,
are expected to discuss the report on government work delivered by
Premier Wen Jiabao, reports on the work of the Supreme People's
Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the drafts of
property right law and corporate income tax law.
(Xinhua News Agency March 2, 2007)