China's top advisory body decided Tuesday to meet in July to
discuss suggestions on building a new socialist countryside and
enhancing the nation's innovative capability.
At a meeting of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, members agreed to
hold the 14th session of the National Committee to discuss the two
topics and put forward suggestions to the Communist Party of China
(CPC) Central Committee and the central
government from July 4 to 7.
Tuesday's meeting was presided over by Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National
Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
Special Committees under the CPPCC have started joint research
with non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry
and Commerce.
The CPPCC is a key mechanism for multi-party cooperation and
political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party
of China (CPC), and a major manifestation of socialist
democracy.
(Xinhua News Agency May 31, 2006)