Page 7 - REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE CHINESE PEOPLE’S POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE

Over the past five years, we hosted 105 major consultation sessions and
regularly held consultations on the handling of proposals, sector-specific
consultations, and consultations with relevant Party and government departments.

These consultations made it possible for the CPPCC to fully play its role in the
national governance system.

We reached greater depth in political consultation, initiated consultative
forums for experts, and built a talent pool for participating in and deliberating on
state affairs. We brought together experts from different social sectors and

academic disciplines to hold 74 multi-round, closed-door consultative forums on
the topics of common prosperity, basic education, and modernization of

agriculture and rural areas.
To make consultations more effective, we encouraged members to conduct

their own research, introduced quality assessments for consultation and
deliberation, and improved the mechanisms through which consultation outcomes

are communicated to relevant Party and government departments for feedback
and then put into practice.
With a proper understanding of the nature of consultative oversight, we

incorporated key oversight-related topics into our annual consultation plan. With
the approval of the CPC Central Committee, we conducted democratic oversight of

the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan. We conducted follow-up oversight
for 10 topics, including support policies for ex-service personnel and chernozem

soil protection, to ensure effective implementation of the major decisions and plans
of the Party and the country.

We improved our working systems and mechanisms as a specialized
consultative institution. We formulated and revised documents such as the rules
on the consultation work of the CPPCC National Committee, the guidelines on

strengthening and improving work related to building consensus, and the
guidelines on fostering a stronger sense of responsibility among members. A

framework of systems that are aligned with the Constitution and policy documents,
based on the CPPCC Charter, and supported by institutions and rules on

consultation has thus been established. This has enabled the CPPCC to perform its
functions in a better-coordinated, smoother, and more effective way.

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