Rally marks 55th birthday of CPPCC (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-09-22 01:00
President Hu Jintao said Tuesday China will continue to adhere to its
55-year-old multi-party co-operation and political consultation system.
That system, he said, includes non-Communist parties and people from all
social strata in the promotion of democracy and "socialist political
civilization."
President Hu Jintao talks
with the Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) Tuesday during a rally marking the
55th anniversary of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People.
[newsphoto] | Hu, also general secretary of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the CPC Central
Military Commission, made the remark at a rally marking the 55th anniversary of
the founding of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
The CPPCC, convened its first national meeting on September 21, 1949, just
days before the New China was founded. It is now China's most influential and
broad-based advisory institution. It has more than 2,000 members, including
leading members of non-Communist parties and various major non-governmental
organizations and influential figures without party affiliation, representatives
of ethnic minority groups and overseas Chinese.
"China will make better use of the CPPCC as an important form of carrying
forward socialist democracy in the country's political life, and constantly
develop socialist democratic politics and promote socialist political
civilization," said the president.
He also urged CPC committees and the governments at all levels to follow the
important democratic procedure of consultation before making any major decisions
and policies. At the same time, he called on them to give full scope to the
CPPCC's supervision over the implementation of laws, regulations and major
policies and the performance of governments and officials.
Analysts say Hu's pledge is consistent to the ideas set forth in the just
concluded 4th Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee, which topped "ruling
capacities" as a priority in Party building.
President Hu Jintao
delivers a speech at a rally to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the
founding of the CPPCC. [newsphoto] | Hu also
promised to give full play to the CPPCC as a patriotic united front
organization, saying the united front has always been a treasure for pushing
forward the causes of the Party and the people.
"It is a natural requirement to develop the most broad-based patriotic united
front and accomplish a great solidarity among all political parties,
communities, ethnic groups, social groups and all China-loving people under the
leadership of the CPC," Hu said.
The president noted that the CPPCC shoulders significant responsibility and
occupies an important position as the country is working hard to build itself
into a well-off society.
China has managed to establish its socialist political system that adapts to
its actual national conditions during its long-term experience.
The core of China's political system consists of the people's congress
system, the CPC-led multi-party co-operation and political consultation system,
and the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minority groups, he said.
"The key to the development of China's socialist democratic politics is to
adhere to and develop all these systems," he said.
Hu also called on the people's political consultative conference to pay great
attention to self-improvement, urging the conference to adhere to Deng Xiaoping
Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents" and be creative in its
undertakings.
He asked the national top political advisory body work in strict compliance
with the requirements of centreing round economic construction and serving the
overall situation of reform and development, and to make more substantial
efforts in uniting various parties and further strengthen the broadest patriotic
united front.
He called for advancing construction of the system, standardization and
procedure of political consultation, democratic supervision and participation in
and discussion of the government and political affairs and giving further play
to the characteristics and advantages of the people's political consultative
conference.
According to the political setup of the country, the people's political
consultative conferences are entitled to three major functions: political
consultation, democratic supervision and participation in the discussion and
handling of State affairs.
Political consultation means the CPC committees and governments at all levels
should solicit opinions from them on major policy changes or matters of major
importance concerning political, economic, cultural and social affairs.
Democratic supervision means that the consultative conferences may exercise,
by means of offering suggestions and criticisms, supervision over the
implementation of the Constitution, other laws, regulations and major policies,
and over the work of government agencies and their functionaries.
Participation in the discussion and the handling of State affairs means to
organize CPPCC members of various parties, people's organizations, various
minority people and other social groups to take part in the country's political,
economic, cultural and social activities in whatever way they think
fit.
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