The Great Hall of the People.

 

The Fifth Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body,?started in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday afternoon.

More than 2,000 CPPCC National Committee members, from across the country, will discuss major issues concerning the nation's development in the following 10 days.

China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin?delivered a report on the work of CPPCC over last year.?[Highlights of Jia's report]

"The CPPCC made important contributions to implementing the 12th Five-Year Plan and winning new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects",?Jia said.

It?also contributed to giving impetus to the country's economic development and cultural reform, promoting social harmony and stability, strengthening relations with compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and with overseas Chinese, and expanding China's foreign contacts.

Last year, the CPPCC held a grand celebration for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and organized activities under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee to commemorate the centenary of the Revolution of 1911.