Ma Guoyu, a member of the a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is also the head of the Islam Association of Tianshui, Gansu Province.

In the hotel?room where Ma?was living during the?CPPCC session,?there were?a blue blanket and a Beijing Muslim Mass timetable.

"I was deeply moved by such a human-touch detail," said Ma, member of the Chinese Islamic Association, explaining that the blanket was for conducting worship practice.

(China.org.cn, Xinhua News Agency?March 12, 2009)