Beijing, March 3 (IANS) The third Session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top political advisory body, started in Beijing on Tuesday.
A total of 2,153 members of the CPPCC National Committee will discuss major issues concerning the country’s development, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
At the opening meeting in the Great Hall of the People, CPPCC National Committee Chairman Yu Zhengsheng delivered a report on the work of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee in the past year.
Present at the session were President Xi Jinping, Prime Minster Li Keqiang and other top officials.