Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has delivered a report on the work of the top political advisory body, as the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Yu stressed the importance of strengthening and improving CPPCC democratic oversight, saying the CPPCC needs to conscientiously carry out the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee, be self-motivated to serve the overall interests of the Party and the country, and make steady progress in exercising effective democratic oversight so as to demonstrate the strengths and characteristics of the system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation that exists under the leadership of the CPC, as well as better facilitating the implementation of the CPC Central Committee’s decisions.

Yu said the CPPCC is not a body of state power. Its oversight work does not rely on a mandatory or binding force, but on political influence.

Yu said consultative oversight possesses distinct characteristics and strengths – consultation is its underlying principle and oversight is its means and ways. Its purpose is to help the CPC and the government to resolve problems.

He also added that the CPPCC should exercise democratic oversight in accordance with its charter, with the key being the upholding of the CPC leadership. This is a political principle and a political rule.