China's top advisory body concluded its annual session Thursday morning after adopting
a political resolution that calls for more effort for social
harmony and firm opposition against the secessionist activities in
any form to seek "de jure independence of Taiwan."
As the year 2007 is of great importance in the country's drive
to build a harmonious socialist society, all the advisors should
earnestly perform their duties in political consultation,
democratic supervision, and participation in and discussion of
state affairs to make contributions for social development in all
fields, said the resolution passed at the closing meeting of the
annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) National Committee.
"Everyone has the responsibility to promote social harmony which
will benefit all people in return," said the resolution.
It also explained that the CPPCC members should pay more
attention to people's welfare and should raise more high-quality
proposals by carrying out in-depth investigations to find out the
needs of the public.
In addition, the CPPCC members should fully play their role to
promote the harmonious relations between different parties,
nationalities, religions, social classes, and compatriots from both
home and overseas, helping the Party and the government to resolve
the problems directly concerning people's interests, said the
resolution.
The resolution also called for the promotion of the peaceful
development of mainland-Taiwan relations and firm opposition of the
secessionist activities to seek "de jure independence of Taiwan"
through so- called constitutional reform.
"We shall firmly oppose the secessionist activities in any form
to seek the 'de jure independence of Taiwan,' while sticking to the
basic principle of 'peaceful reunification and one country, two
systems' to keep the peace and stability across the Taiwan
Straits," the resolution said.
"We shall actively expand exchanges and cooperation across the
Straits, promote direct mail, transport, and trade links and seek
peace, development, and welfare for the compatriots on the both
sides of the Straits with our greatest sincerity," said the
resolution.
The resolution urged different parties, organizations, and
people of different nationalities under the CPPCC mechanism to make
contributions to the reunification of the motherland and the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation by uniting Chinese people both
at home and abroad.
More than 2,000 advisors attended the closing meeting of the
Fifth Session of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee that opened on
March 3.
Top Chinese leaders including Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, and Wen Jiabao were present at the closing meeting
presided over by Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National
Committee.
The CPPCC members fully support the government work report by
Premier Wen Jiabao, reports on the work of the Supreme People's
Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the draft
property right law and the draft enterprise income tax law,
according to the resolution.
In addition, the advisors also adopted several other
resolutions, regarding the work of the standing committee of the
CPPCC National Committee over the past year, the handling of and
feedback to the proposals and suggestions they put forth at last
year's full session, and the examination and acceptance of their
proposals this year.
According to a report adopted at the closing meeting, the CPPCC
members attending the annual session had submitted a total of 4,
516 proposals by 2 PM on March 9.
The proposals cover a variety of issues, including improvement
of macroeconomic control and building of modern agriculture and new socialist countryside, protection of
non-state companies' rights and benefits, financial reform,
innovation, cultural undertakings and other major topics that
attract wide social attention.
There are nearly 2,000 proposals on issues that have direct
bearing with the people's daily life, such as education, medicine
and healthcare, production safety, housing, employment and social
insurance, charity and farmers' income, and resources and
environmental protection.
In the proposals, CPPCC members also expressed their support for
the national endeavor to improve the legal system for social
justice and combat corruption to build a clean government.
The CPPCC National Committee is set to submit its members'
proposals, after examination and selection, to 169 government
departments and agencies that are responsible for dealing with
related issues, said the report.
Founded in 1949, the CPPCC consists of elite members of Chinese
society who are willing to serve as the think tank for the
government and for the country's legislative and judicial
organs.
As an open forum where the ruling Communist Party, the
non-Communist parties of China, and people with no party
affiliations discuss state affairs freely and on an equal footing,
the CPPCC National Committee has been the manifestation of China's
socialist democracy.
The advisory body participates in state affairs mainly through
making proposals to government departments on various issues
concerning China's economic and social development.
(Xinhua News Agency March 15, 2007)
