The Presidium of the First Session of the 10th National Committee
of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
held its third session Wednesday, passing the list of candidates
for the chairman, 24 vice-chairmen and the secretary general of the
10th CPPCC National Committee, which has been discussed by all
members of the CPPCC National Committee.
The session, which was presided over by Jia Qinglin, member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the
Presidium, also approved the list of 299 candidates for the
Standing Committee of the 10th CPPCC National Committee.
The lists will be put to voting at the plenary meeting of the First
Session of the 10th CPPCC National Committee scheduled for
Thursday.
The lists were proposed by the CPC Central Committee based on
extensive consultations, according to Liu Yandong, director of the
United Front Department of the CPC Central Committee, who reported
on the discussions of the draft lists.
The meeting also approved a list of 54 balloting scrutineers.
Attending the meeting were executive chairmen of the Presidium Wang
Zhongyu, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, Li Guixian,
Zhang Siqing, Ding Guangxun, Henry Ying Tung Fok, Ma Man Kei, Bai
Lichen, Luo Haocai, Zhang Kehui and Zhou Tienong.
(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2003)
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