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Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presides over the 10th presidential meeting of the Eleventh CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, China, on Dec. 24, 2008.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has called 2009 an important year for China as it is the 60th anniversary for the founding of the People's Republic of China as well as the CPPCC itself.
Jia said this while presiding over the 10th presidential meeting of the Eleventh CPPCC National Committee on Saturday.
The meeting was held to discuss agendas for the upcoming fourth executive meeting of the CPPCC National Committee, on February 25-27, and the Second Session of the Eleventh CPPCC National Committee, which is proposed to begin on March 3.
At the meeting, the participants discussed a series of procedural issues for the two meetings.
Zhao Qizheng, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, was appointed the spokesman for the annual session in next March.
Present at the Saturday meeting were vice chairpersons of the CPPCC National Committee Wang Gang, Liao Hui, Bai Lichen, Chen Kuiyuan, Abulaiti Abudurexiti, Li Zhaozhuo, Huang Mengfu, Zhang Meiying, Zhang Rongming, Sun Jiazheng, Li Jinhua, Wan Gang, Li Wenyi, Li Wuwei, Chen Zongxing, and Wang Zhizhen. |
