CPPCC proposes agenda for upcoming annual session

BEIJING -- The Standing Committee of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) concluded its three-day meeting on?Monday?in Beijing, proposing agenda for the Fourth Session of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC.

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It was decided at the meeting that the Fourth Session of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC will open on March 3.

The meeting recommended that a work report by the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and a report on the proposals raised since the third session will be deliberated. The government work report and the draft of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) on the country's economic and social development will also be heard and discussed.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's Political Bureau, attended the meeting and delivered a keynote speech Monday.

Jia called on members of the CPPCC to maintain close connection with the grassroots and contribute to China's social management innovation.