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Making the best use of a wealth of talent in the CPPCC, we organized special

consultative meetings at which nearly 100 academician members discussed
innovation-related issues, and continued with group consultations on topics such

as basic research and innovation-driven development so as to contribute
suggestions for the formulation of a state plan for scientific and technological
development over the long and medium term. We organized consultations and

discussions on development of the new-energy vehicle industry, the big data
industry, the maritime economy, and the sharing economy to promote the
replacement of old growth drivers with new ones.

We also hosted the China Economic and Social Forum and held seminars to
analyze the macroeconomic situation, and made proposals on strengthening and

improving macro regulation, forestalling and defusing major risks, promoting
sound development of the private sector, handling economic and trade frictions
between China and the US, and improving the financial ecosystem.

With a view to advancing ecological civilization, we conducted surveys and
studies to oversee the handling of key proposals including those to enhance the

overall effectiveness of the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion
Project and incorporate the Yellow River Ecological Belt into the national strategic
planning. We continued to participate in activities to care for our forests, and

carried out follow-up research on efforts to control excessive extraction of
groundwater in North China and on the impacts of climate change on China’s
ecological security. We also conducted surveys and consultations and exercised

democratic supervision on issues such as establishing compensation mechanisms
for ecological conservation efforts, building national ecological civilization pilot

zones, preventing and controlling plastic pollution, constructing the Sichuan-Tibet
railway, and protecting grassland ecosystems, and many important proposals
raised in the process have been adopted.
4. Keeping the CPPCC focused on serving the public good and working hard to

improve people’s wellbeing and promote social progress
With a view to winning the battle against poverty, we made study tours and
conducted consultations on poverty alleviation efforts in areas with large ethnic
minority populations, and offered suggestions with regard to consolidating the

results of poverty reduction efforts and preventing relapses into poverty. Our
suggestions on setting up mechanisms for monitoring and early warning of

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