BEIJING: The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, China’s top political advisory body, opened its annual session on Wednesday in Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with other leaders, attended the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People. According to Xinhua, the agenda for the session was reviewed and approved at the meeting. Wang Huning, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee.
A report on the handling of proposals submitted by political advisors since the last session of the CPPCC National Committee in March 2025 was presented at the meeting.
The CPPCC National Committee received 5,992 proposals from its members over the past year, of which 5,061 were accepted for processing. The response rate for the accepted proposals stood at 99.9 percent. The fourth session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee runs from Wednesday to March 11, spokesperson Liu Jieyi said at a news conference on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. During the session, national political advisors will sit in on the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature, which is scheduled to open on Thursday, hear and discuss documents including a government work report, and discuss a draft 15th Five-Year Plan for national economic and social development, according to Liu.
With the two sessions being a window to observe China’s policy, multiple foreign media outlets have paid close attention to the event. Reporting on the opening of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, the Financial Times noted that CPPCC members float hundreds of proposals during the conference.
Reuters highlighted China’s technology policies over the next five years, reporting on how China will “convert a wave of high-profile breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, space and robotics into industrial scale and capital market momentum.”
“I will particularly be looking at the indications of what will be in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan,” John Ross, Senior Fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, told the Global Times.
“During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), China already succeeded in something which no other developing economy in history has ever achieved and that is to become a technological leader in a major series of industries. This overall economic framework allowed China to overcome negative trends produced by geopolitical actions of some other countries. I will therefore be particularly looking at how this successful integration of science and technology with production will be further developed in the 15th Five-Year Plan,” he said. –The Daily Mail-Global Times news exchange item
