CPPCC handled 99.9 percent of 4,791 registered proposals in 2023: Wang

Last year, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) received 5,621 proposals, registered 4,791 and achieved a handling rate of 99.9 percent, said Wang Huning, chairman of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee on Monday.

Wang made the remarks when delivering a work report of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to the session.

He said the CPPCC has strengthened the planning and organizing of field research, cut the number of delegations to streamline the process, avoided overlapped research, and has reduced the burden on grassroots units over the course of 2023.

CPPCC members participated in 17 inspection groups of the National Committee of the CPPCC a total of 202 times, and participated in 81 thematic research activities over 600 times.

The CPPCC has revised proposal regulations to improve the quality of proposal submission, review, handling, supervision, and evaluation, Wang said, adding that 1,982 CPPCC members participated in proposal submission in 2023.

The political advisory body has also formulated and improved the system and mechanism for members to connect with the public, with a total of 6,806 activities conducted by members of the National Committee of the CPPCC to connect with different social groups, according to Wang.

It convened a symposium on the work of the CPPCC organs and 11 symposiums for cadres of the organs, conducting face-to-face exchanges with 324 cadres from 19 departments and bureaus, he said.

He said that the CPPCC has formulated ideas to strengthen and improve the work of reflecting public opinion and societal conditions, receiving 43,995 submissions from various sources and utilizing 6,010 of them.

(Cover image: CPPCC members inspect a construction site in Xuzhou, China, August 20, 2021. /CFP)