The Fifth Session of the Tenth National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital
of China, March 3, 2007.?
The Fifth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) started in the
Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday afternoon.
A total of 2,144 CPPCC National Committee members will underline
major concerns of the nation's development during the 12-day annual
meeting.
Top Party and state leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan were present when the session opened at
3 p.m. (Beijing time).
CPPCC National Committee Chairman Jia Qinglin delivered a
keynote report.
Founded in 1949, the CPPCC consists of elite members of the
Chinese society who are willing to serve as the think tank for the
government and for the country's legislative and judicial
organs.
As an open forum where the ruling Communist Party, the
non-Communist parties of China and people with no party
affiliations discuss state affairs freely and on an equal footing,
the CPPCC National Committee has been the manifestation of China's
socialist democracy.
(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2007)
