Wu Jianmin has been appointed the spokesman for the First
Plenary Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is
scheduled to open on March 3.
The appointment came at Monday's meeting of the presidium of the
CPPCC National Committee, which was chaired by its chairman Jia Qinglin, who is also a member of the
Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee Political Bureau.
A series of important issues were discussed and adopted at the
meeting, including the draft of the agenda for the forthcoming
plenum.
Zheng Wantong, secretary-general of the CPPCC National
Committee, Du Qinglin, head of the United Front Department of the
CPC Central Committee, and three deputy secretary-generals of the
CPPCC National Committee Zhang Chonghui, Li Changjian, and Lu
Changhua made explanations on related issues at the meeting.
Present at the meeting were vice chairpersons of the CPPCC
National Committee Wang Zhongyu, Liao Hui, Liu Yandong, Li Guixian,
Zhang Siqing, Bai Lichen, Luo Haocai, Zhang Kehui, Zhou Tienong,
Hao Jianxiu, Abulaiti Abudurexiti, Xu Kuangdi, Li Zhaozhuo, Huang
Mengfu, Zhang Huaixi, Li Meng, Tung Chee Hwa, Zhang Meiying and
Zhang Rongming.
(Xinhua News Agency January 22, 2008)