BEIJING: The 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body, concluded its annual session on Wednesday morning, Xinhua News Agency reported. Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders, including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng, attended the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Presiding over the meeting, Wang Huning, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, said the top political advisory body’s annual session had yielded fruitful results.
The annual session of China’s top political advisory body closed on Wednesday amid clear skies and a warm spring breeze. Members stepped out of the Great Hall of the People to embrace the sunshine, as the two sessions is drawing to a close and the country is prepared for a vibrant new journey.
A resolution on the work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, a resolution on the report on how the proposals from political advisors have been handled since the previous annual session, a report on the examination of new proposals, and a political resolution of the fourth session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee were approved at the meeting, per Xinhua. A total of 2,059 members were in attendance of the closing meeting.
They on Wednesday approved the work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and a work report on proposals and suggestions. During the past eight days, political advisors discussed the draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development, listened to and discussed work reports of key government bodies, as well as draft laws, according to Xinhua.
Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, a member of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, told the Global Times after the closing meeting that despite a complex international geopolitical landscape, China has continued to achieve remarkable development progress, which he found deeply encouraging. In the inaugural year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, he expressed confidence in further accomplishments in the years to come.
During the CPPCC annual session, political advisors from across the country put forward a wide range of suggestions that touch on both the nation’s long-term development and everyday concerns of ordinary people. Discussions ranged from macroeconomic policy and cutting-edge sectors such as aerospace information technology and artificial intelligence (AI), to better support for the aging population and children. –The Daily Mail-Global Times news exchange item
