All parties of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) held panel discussions on the 9th CPPCC National
Committee's work report. Members of non-communist parties summed up
the CPPCC's experience in raising proposals over the last five
years and put forward their hope and suggestions to the newly
elected government as well as the CPPCC. Their summing up was as
follows:
Zhu Ercheng, member of the China Democratic League:
"Compared with the NPC, China's top legislature, the CPPCC is the
top advisory body. CPPCC at all levels should give priority to key
monographic studies because advice is based on thorough
investigation and research. It indicates the importance of the
CPPCC in the democratic political system with Chinese
characteristics.
"Submitting proposals is the most efficient way that CPPCC members
can perform their functions. It is a big system consisting of many
parts. The settlement of the problems are predicated on the
qualities of proposals and the key is implementation. We have
noticed in the national CPPCC proposal work report that the leaders
of the CPPCC National Committee have held informal discussions four
times with responsible organizations for the proposals and visited
the organizations many times setting an example for the CPPCC at
local levels.
Wei Wei, member of the China Democratic League: "We should
strengthen ties between members of the CPPCC National Committee and
local committees. The 10th CPPCC National Committee should also
keep strengthening implementation of the proposals, not only urging
departments concerned to reply to the proposals, but asking the
government to carry out indeed."
Shang Shaohua, a member of the China Democratic League: "As
a newly elected member, I shoulder heavy responsibilities. There
are many practical problems in safeguarding the female workers'
interests and rights. The government should find out the crucial
causes of the problems and offer measures to put them into
practice."
Lu Budong, member of the China Democratic National Construction
Association: "In my opinion, investigation is the basis for
submitting proposals. Most of the CPPCC members are from all walks
of life, so they should raise more proposals closely connected with
ordinary people's lives".
Yang Xianming, member of the China Democratic National
Construction Association: "I teach in a university, my
colleagues and I believe that in recent years the CPPCC has entered
common people's lives. Many CPPCC members entered the government to
hold official posts and many famous people, like many professors in
the universities, had joined the CPPCC at various levels. I feel
that the CPPCC is much closer to the common person. As a newly
elected member, I hope we can improve the CPPCC's work in two
aspects: one, making the aim of the proposals clearer and improving
the operations of the proposals; two, that the newly elected CPPCC
leadership should give priority to vulnerable groups when they
quicken economic development."
Lai Ming, member of the Jiu San Society: "As a senior member
of the 9th CPPCC National Committee, I had submitted 14 proposals
to the last CPPCC in which two have become the country's relevant
policies: one, on water saving and the other, on garbage and sewage
disposal. The government attached great importance to these key
problems which obstructed the country's sustainable development.
Along with relevant departments, the government worked out a policy
on accelerating the disposal of garbage and sewage last year. It
really shows the CPPCC's active support of the country's economic
development.
Zhang Daning, a member of the Chinese Peasants and Workers
Democratic Party: "I think we can improve the quality of
proposals from three aspects: first, attending administrative
meetings in the capacity of different parties; second, coordinating
with professional departments when setting the proposals; third,
the members putting forward suggestions from the viewpoints of
their own familiar regions. Also, governments at all levels should
attach more importance to the proposals raised by the members."
Zhang Xinjian, a member of the Chinese Peasants and Workers
Democratic Parties: "We should establish a proposal tracking
system so as to improve the implementation of proposals."
(China.org.cn by Staff Reporter Chen Ji, translated by Li Xiao,
March 11, 2003)