The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee issued Opinions of the CPC Central Committee on Strengthening the Work of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Wednesday (March 1st).

The CPPCC is an important organ of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC, the document said.

The party has always attached great importance to the development of the CPPCC.

The major function of the CPPCC is to conduct political consultation and exercise democratic supervision, organize its members from various non-Communist political parties, mass organizations and public personages from all walks of life to take part in the discussion and management of state affairs, it said.

The CPPCC, as China's national advisory body, is a significant component of  the country's governance structure, the document said, stressing that CPPCC's will play a bigger role and improve its performance.

Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top advisory body, arrive at the Capital International Airport in Beijing March 1, 2006. The advisors are here to attend the annual CPPCC session scheduled to convene Friday. [Xinhua]

Li Mutang, a CPPCC member from Anhui Province, talks to a journalist after arriving at the Capital International Airport in Beijing March 1, 2006. [Xinhua]

Wei Hui, a CPPCC member from Anhui Province, talks to a journalist after arriving at the Capital International Airport in Beijing March 1, 2006. [Xinhua]

CPPCC adopts decision on study of CPC proposal

The Standing Committee of the National Committee of China's top advisory body passed Tuesday a decision on the study and implementation of a proposal by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on strengthening the country's political consultation work.

The decision urged the committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at all levels to fully understand the importance of the proposal, which is praised as a guideline document that will direct the development of China's political consultation cause in the new century.

The proposal will facilitate the mobilization of all active factors to build a harmonious society in China and is of great significance in consolidating and developing the country's existing united front, it said.

Editor: Donald