A plenary session of the eighth meeting of the Standing
committee of the 10th National Committee of China's top political
advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC), heard work reports from its special committees
Saturday.
The 2004 work reports were delivered by heads of eight special
committees and focused on economic affairs, population and
environmental protection, education, scientific and cultural
affairs, social and legal affairs and ethnic and religious affairs
at the session attended by Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC
National Committee.
The special committees put promoting development at the top of
their agenda after the previous session. They conducted extensive
research on major economic and social issues before putting forward
views and suggestions, which the plenary session agreed "had made
positive contributions to the building of a well-off society in an
all-round way."
Sixty-eight research reports on topics such as food security,
coordinated urban-rural development and reform of the income
distribution system have been created and provided to central
authorities, becoming important reference materials for the
country's policy makers, according to sources with the meeting.
(Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2005)