Li Guoan (R1), a member of CPPCC National
Committee, introduces his proposal to reporters at Beijing Jingfeng
hotel, March. 2, 2007.
Political advisers from the Chinese army have given lots of
attention to the people's livelihood including traffic and drinking
water apart from their proposals on army building.
Li Tiande, a member of the Tenth National Committee of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the
nation's top political advisory body, said his proposal in 2006 on
tackling traffic congestion in Beijing led to the set-up of over
1,000 taxi stops.
Li, a doctor with the Chinese People's Liberation Army General
Hospital based in Beijing, said, "It's much easier to take a taxi
now."
Li Guoan, another member of CPPCC National Committee, said his
proposal on people's difficult access to drinking water in the
poverty-stricken bordering areas in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has helped
the areas get 5.8 million yuan (US$748,000) of government
subsidy.
Li Guoan, a retired deputy general of the PLA's division in
Inner Mongolia, has been closely monitoring water resources and
environment protection in border areas.
Together with more than 2,200 other members, Li Tiande and Li
Guoan are in Beijing to attend the fifth annual full session of the
Tenth National Committee of the CPPCC which will be held from March
3 to March 15.
According to military sources, political advisers from the army
have submitted a total of 383 proposals since March 2003, when the
first annual session of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee was
held.
The advisors, who are often in-service or retired senior
military officials and elite members from the army's science,
education, and medical institutions, also submitted proposals and
suggestions on 62 army-related issues such as safeguarding the
rights and interests of servicemen.
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(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2007)
