China’s top political advisory body meets

The First Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, opened in Beijing today (3rd). .

About 2,200 members of the CPPCC National Committee from different sectors across the country will discuss major issues concerning the country's development during the annual session, scheduled to conclude on 12th March.


At the opening meeting held in the Great Hall of the People, CPPCC National Committee Chairman Jia Qinglin delivered a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee over the past five years. He said China has overcome severe challenges and made extraordinary achievements in reform, opening up and socialist modernization.

Top leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli attended the opening meeting.