According to the charter of the CPPCC, its major functions are to
conduct political consultation and exercise democratic supervision,
organize its members from various non-CPC political parties, mass
organizations and public personages from all walks of life to take
part in the discussion and management of state affairs.
Political consultation covers socialist material and spiritual
construction, the building of a socialist democratic legal system,
important policies and planning of the reform and opening up
program, reports on the work of the government, national financial
and fiscal budget, economic and social development planning, major
issues in political life in the country, drafting of major national
laws, candidates for the state proposed by the Central Committee of
the CPC, changes in the administrative division at the provincial
level, major policies in foreign affairs, major policies in regard
to the unification of the motherland, major issues involving
people's livelihood, affairs of common interest of the political
parties, important affairs of the CPPCC and important issues in
regard to the patriotic united front.
Political consultation takes the forms of plenary sessions,
standing committees and meetings of the chairmen of the National
Committee of the CPPCC, discussion meetings of Standing Committee
of the CPPCC, special committee meetings of the CPC, consultation
meetings participated by people of various political parties,
representative public personages without political party
affiliation, mass organizations, ethnic minorities and patriotic
figures from different walks of life and activities of local
people's political consultative conferences at various levels.
Democratic supervision covers such areas as the implementation of
the Constitution, laws and regulations of the state, implementation
of major policies formulated by the CPC Central Committee and the
state, the implementation of the national economic and social
development plans and financial budget, conduct of duties, law
observance, and honesty of state organs and their staff, the
execution of decisions and regulations of the CPPCC on the part of
its units and individuals.
Democratic supervision takes the forms of plenary sessions,
standing committees and meetings of the chairmen of the National
Committee of the CPPCC, discussion meetings of Standing Committee
members of the CPPCC, special committee meetings of the CPC,
consultation meetings participated by people from various political
parties, representative public personages without political party
affiliation, mass organizations, ethnic minorities and patriotic
figures from different walks of life and activities of local
people's political consultative conferences at various levels.
(China.org.cn May 20, 2003)