CPPCC meeting hears 2004 work reports
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-02-27 08:48

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 here Saturday.

The eighth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held in Beijing, China, Feb. 26, 2005. It was decided during the meeting that the third session of the 10th National Committee of CPPCC will be opened in Beijing March 3, 2005. [Xinhua]

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 affairsat 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.

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