What is the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)? The CPPCC is neither a body of state power nor a policy-making organ. Made up of people from all walks of the Chinese society, it rather serves as the country's top political advisory body. Immediately after its establishment, the CPPCC acted as the country's top legislative body between 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, and 1954, when the first National People’s Congress, China's top legislature, convened.