CPPCC members brief reporters on political activities

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A press conference was held in Beijing on Tuesday during the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), where leaders of democratic parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce took questions from reporters.

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Here are some highlights:

On the political party system

The CPC-led system of multiparty cooperation and consultation is a new political party system made and created in China, which could provide a solution for other countries, Hao Mingjin, chairman of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA), said when recalling a recent comment by Chinese President Xi Jinping that this is "a new type of party system growing from China's soil."

Xi attended a panel discussion with political advisers on March 4, and stressed that the Chinese political party system fits China's reality and culture.

Ding Zhongli, chairperson of the China Democratic League (CDL), also agreed with Xi, saying that multiparty cooperation pulls the ruling Party and supporting parties together to plan and negotiate China’s development.

Ding Zhongli, chairperson of the China Democratic League /CGTN Photo

On poverty alleviation

Gao Yunlong, chairperson of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), explained how private enterprises had contributed to poverty alleviation in the past five years.

The ACFIC is mainly comprised of people from the non-public industrial and commercial sector.

Under a program launched by the association in 2015, more than 40,000 enterprises have participated in poverty alleviation work, benefitting more than 50,000 villages, according to Gao.

Gao Yunlong, chairperson of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce /CGTN Photo

It has also provided vocation training for more than 500,000 people.

Enterprises have invested more than 52.7 billion yuan (8.3 billion US dollars) in industry-related poverty alleviation and more than 10.9 billion yuan in public welfare poverty alleviation, the ACFIC chair said.

The private economy is also playing a stronger role in China's job creation and innovation drive by providing over 80 percent of jobs and contributing more than 70 percent of technological innovation and new products in the country, according to Gao.

The eight democratic parties of China are the CDL, CDNCA, China Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, China Zhi Gong Party, Jiusan Society, and Taiwan Democratic Self-government League.