On the morning of August 16, 2022, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee held a series of theme press conferences on "This Ten Years of China". Deputy Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee Chen Xu and Deputy Secretary-General Zou Jiayi introduced the development and achievements of upholding and improving the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in the new era, and answered reporters' questions. Also attending the press conference were Zhang Jing'an, deputy director of the Proposal Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Sang Fuhua, director of the Democratic Party Work Bureau of the Central United Front Work Department. The press conference was hosted by Chen Wenjun, director of the Foreign News Bureau and spokesperson of the Central Propaganda Department.
First of all, Chen Xu, Deputy Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, and Zou Jiayi, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, introduced the relevant situation respectively -
Chen Xu:
Hello ladies, gentlemen, and friends. At the end of last month, from July 29 to 30, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the proposal of the United Front Policy of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee held the Central United Front Work Conference . General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on doing a good job in the Party’s united front work in the new era are the most important theoretical achievement of this conference. The "twelve musts" proposed in the General Secretary's speech include the need to adhere to, develop and improve China's new party system. This is the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China's new type of party system has adapted to the new era and made new developments, demonstrated its unique advantages in national politics and social life, and also provided Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for the development of world political civilization. We can look at it from the following aspects:
First, over the past ten years, the top-level design of China's new party system has become clearer. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core coordinates the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world that have not been seen in a century, incorporates the upholding and improvement of the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China into the party's basic strategy, and clearly proposes that the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China is a new type of political system; proposes that the democratic parties are participating parties with Chinese characteristics, and the basic functions are to participate in politics, democratic supervision, and participate in political consultation led by the Communist Party of China; proposes to promote multi-party cooperation to show a new atmosphere, make new improvements in ideological consensus, and perform duties and responsibilities to show new actions. All democratic parties should be good advisers, helpers and colleagues of the Communist Party of China. These new concepts, new ideas and new conclusions systematically answer major questions such as "what kind of multi-party cooperation system to uphold and develop, how to uphold and develop the multi-party cooperation system" and "what kind of participating parties to build, how to build a participating party" in the new era. China's new party system has a clear direction and has become a good system for steady and long-term development.
Second, over the past ten years, the framework system of China's new party system has become more sound. Focusing on issues such as doing a good job in political consultation, strengthening the construction of socialist consultative democracy, and strengthening the construction of participating parties in socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party Central Committee has studied and formulated special party regulations and a number of important documents, and supported and assisted democratic parties in strengthening their own construction, and issued a series of documents on organizational development, leadership team building, internal supervision, etc. At present, an institutional framework system based on the national constitution, with party regulations and documents as the main body, and related supporting policies as the auxiliary has been formed. China's new party system is operating well and has become a systematic and complete good system.
3: Over the past decade, the political consensus of China's new type of party system has been further consolidated. We support all democratic parties to deeply study Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, carry out a series of thematic education such as "Don't forget the original intention of cooperation and continue to work together", and carry out a series of learning and education activities around major nodes such as celebrating the 270th anniversary of the founding of New China, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and commemorating the 70th anniversary of the issuance of the "May 1 Slogan" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and carrying out a series of learning and education activities to carry forward the fine tradition of multi-party cooperation. On the new era and new journey, the Communist Party of China has united and led all democratic parties and non-party members to be feared of risks and challenges, always united and fought together, and worked together to draw the largest concentric circle. China's new party system is harmonious and stable, and has become a good system to build consensus.
Fourth is that over the past ten years, the effectiveness of China's new party system has been more fully utilized. All democratic parties and non-party members have the greatest minds of the country, actively perform their duties, and put forward insightful opinions on key topics such as solidly promoting common prosperity and coordinating the promotion of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. They have conscientiously carried out democratic supervision around poverty alleviation and ecological environment protection of the Yangtze River, demonstrating their unique advantages and contributing their wisdom and strength. Many opinions and suggestions are transformed into decision-making and deployment of the Party and the country. In the 10 years of great changes in the new era, the Communist Party of China has played a strong leadership role. All democratic parties and non-party members want to, stand and work with the Communist Party of China. China's new party system has gathered wisdom and strength, and has become a unique and charming good system.
To sum up, history and practice have fully proved that China's new party system is a unique new party political model that conforms to my country's national conditions. We firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China's new party system, a good system with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese heritage, will show more extraordinary institutional advantages and take more solid development steps! Thank you everyone.
Zou Jiayi:
Dear media friends, good morning, I am very happy to introduce to you the new achievements and achievements of the work of the CPPCC since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to the development of the CPPCC cause and promoted practical innovation, theoretical innovation and institutional innovation of the CPPCC. In 2019, the Central CPPCC Work Conference was held to further point out the direction for the development of the CPPCC cause in the new era and promote the work of the CPPCC to achieve historic achievements.
First, implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC and deepen the theoretical innovation of the CPPCC. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly expounded the status, role, responsibilities, mission, practical requirements, and focus of the CPPCC in the new era, starting from the overall situation of the cause of the Party and the country, and inherited and developed the CPPCC theory of the CPPCC. General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified for the first time that the CPPCC is an important channel and a special consultative body for socialist consultative democracy, an important part of the national governance system of , and an institutional arrangement with Chinese characteristics. Strengthening ideological and political guidance and broadly building consensus are the central links of the CPPCC’s performance of its duties. The CPPCC thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC, and strive to make the CPPCC better become an important base for upholding and strengthening the Party’s leadership over all work, an important platform for uniting and educating and guiding representatives of all ethnic groups and all walks of life with the Party’s innovative theories, and an important channel for resolving contradictions and building consensus on the basis of common ideological and political issues.
The second is to effectively serve national governance and promote the practice innovation of special consultative bodies of the CPPCC. Specialized consultative bodies are the new connotation that gives the functional positioning of the CPPCC in the new era. The 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will promote the construction of special consultative agencies as a global, basic and strategic project. Over the past decade, 18 special political discussion meetings, 20 special consultation meetings, 140 biweekly consultation symposiums, 16 online political discussion remote consultation meetings, and 51 expert consultation meetings have been held in a coordinated manner and platform carriers have been continuously innovated and improved. The biweekly consultation symposium was created by the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. It mainly greatly increased the frequency of consultations, so that some important issues can be negotiated in a timely and sufficient manner. The 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has adapted to the requirements of the new situation and new tasks, and created a remote consultation meeting and an expert consultation meeting, further expanding the depth and breadth of consultation. The remote consultation meeting extends negotiation from space to enterprises, campuses, communities, villages, etc. through online video. I still remember one time we negotiated the ecological environment protection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau . Our video directly connected to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau site, and the ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is clear at a glance.The Expert Consultation Conference conducted a relatively small forward-looking study on some major and complex issues, and invited some members and experts to discuss in-depth issues repeatedly. It may not be a meeting, but multiple meetings. Through in-depth consultation, it will provide insightful opinions on the decision-making of the Party and the government. These consultation forms have become important working brands for the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to discuss politics. At the same time, the CPPCC has leveraged its advantages in consultative supervision and carried out democratic supervision around the implementation of major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.
The third is to improve the work system and mechanism and promote institutional innovation of the CPPCC. In 2018, the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference voted to pass the amendment to the CPPCC Charter, establishing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding ideology of the CPPCC and strengthening the common ideological and political foundation for unity and struggle. Over the past ten years, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has thoroughly implemented the Regulations on Political Consultative Work of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee's Opinions on Strengthening and Improving the Work of the People's Political Consultative Conference in the New Era, and the Implementation Opinions on Strengthening and Improving the Construction of Consultative Democracy by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee 2, and the Opinions on Strengthening and Improving the Work of CPPCC in the New Era, and has studied and formulated more than 100 work systems such as the rules of consultation work, and has built a system based on the CPPCC charter, with the consultation system as the main trunk, covering all aspects of CPPCC work. Recently, we are earnestly studying and implementing the "Regulations on Political Consultative Work of the Communist Party of China" that was just promulgated not long ago to further strengthen the institutional construction of the CPPCC.
Fourth, build consensus widely and deeply and strengthen the great unity of the Chinese people at home and abroad. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference insists on promoting democracy and enhancing unity, making suggestions and building consensus efforts in both directions, improving the working pattern of building consensus from within the Party to outside the Party, from members to the masses in the sector, and promoting harmony in party relations, ethnic relations, religious relations, class relations, and relations between compatriots at home and abroad. Focus on leading consensus on the basis of common ideological and political affairs, carry out in-depth " Four Histories " education with the history of the Communist Party of China as the focus, and carry out the theme activity of "Promoting the great spirit of building the Party and striving for greater glory" based on actual conditions. Focus on building consensus in consultation, integrating the enhancement of consensus into inspections, investigations, research, consultation meetings and other duties, and strengthen interactive communication. We focus on enhancing consensus in self-learning and self-education, create systems such as heart-to-heart talks with members and a reading platform for all members, and organize special inspections of members covering 34 sectors for three consecutive years. Focus on spreading consensus to the society, create formal carriers such as committee lecture halls and committee lecture groups, and actively publicize policies and resolve doubts.
or above is my introduction, thank you everyone. What questions did the
press conference answer? Let’s take a look together -
Central Radio and Television Station CCTV reporter:
In June this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Regulations on Political Consultative Work of the Communist Party of China". Can you please introduce to us the purpose of publishing the "Regulations" and the main content of the "Regulations"? In addition, please ask all the guests to introduce what impact this "Regulations" will have on multi-party cooperation? How can the CPPCC organize and carry out the political consultation work of the CPPCC in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations?
Chen Xu:
Thank you for your question, let me introduce the relevant situation first. First of all, let’s talk about what political consultation is. Political consultation refers to consultations conducted by the Communist Party of China with various democratic parties and representatives from all walks of life on major policies and guidelines of the Party and the country, important issues in economic and social development, and other important matters. Therefore, the purpose of formulating and promulgating the "Regulations on Political Consultative Work of the Communist Party of China" is to strengthen the Party's leadership over political consultation work, improve the scientific, institutionalized and standardized level of political consultation work, adhere to and improve the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and consolidate and develop the patriotic united front. The "Regulations on Political Consultative Work of the Communist Party of China" issued in June this year is guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on doing a good job in the Party's united front work in the new era, and on strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC, and makes comprehensive norms for political consultation work.In terms of content, the Regulations have a total of eight chapters and 31 articles. The first chapter is the general provisions and a total of five articles. It mainly clarifies the purpose and basis of the formulation of the Regulations, the definition, status and role of political consultation, the basic methods, the guiding ideology and important principles of political consultation work. Chapter 2 is organizational leadership and responsibilities, with a total of 4 articles, mainly clarifying the specific responsibilities of the Party Central Committee and local party committees at all levels, as well as the United Front Work Department and the CPPCC Party Group in political consultation work. Chapter 3 is the content and objects of political consultation, with a total of 4 items, mainly some substantive contents of regulating political consultation. Chapters 4 to 7 are the preparation, activity development, application of results, feedback and guarantee mechanisms for political consultation, with a total of 16 articles, mainly the procedural content of regulating political consultation. Chapter 8 is the appendix, with a total of 2 articles, mainly providing for the final interpretation and date of implementation of the Regulations.
The Regulations are the first party regulations of the Party Central Committee to specifically regulate political consultation work, and are our basic guidelines for doing a good job in political consultation work in the new era. Regarding the role and impact of the Regulations on multi-party cooperation, the formulation and implementation of the Regulations will help strengthen the Party’s leadership over political consultation work and improve the quality and effectiveness of political consultation work; it will help uphold and improve China’s new type of political party system, better play the role of multi-party cooperation, and consolidate and develop the patriotic united front in the new era; it will help non-party members to advise and make suggestions, build consensus, and exert their talents, and make greater contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country.
I'll probably say that, thank you.
Zou Jiayi:
Let me answer the second part of the question you raised, which is how to carry out political consultations of the CPPCC. The "Regulations on Political Consultative Work of the Communist Party of China" clearly stipulates that political party consultation and political consultation of the People's Political Consultative Conference are two basic methods of political consultation. Political consultation of the CPPCC is a consultation conducted by the Communist Party of China in the CPPCC, with various democratic parties and representatives from all walks of life. It is an important part of the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China, and has glorious traditions and political advantages.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited CPPCC members many times during the National People's Congress and participated in the joint group meeting of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and discussed with the members the country's affairs. What everyone is familiar with, such as building a friendly and clean government-business relationship, and upholding and improving our new political party system, are all proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping when discussing the country with members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. They are a vivid manifestation of the political consultation practice of the CPPCC. The CPPCC attaches great importance to the study and implementation of the Regulations, conscientiously performs the responsibilities stipulated in the Regulations, organizes the CPPCC's political consultation in accordance with the procedures and methods required by the Regulations, and effectively integrates the Party's leadership into the entire process and all aspects of the political consultation work, so as to better serve the overall work of the Party and the country.
First, we must earnestly implement the annual consultation plan. Focusing on national policies and important local measures, focusing on important issues of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological civilization construction, etc., we propose annual consultation issues arrangements based on soliciting opinions from relevant parties, and form a draft annual consultation plan, and submit it to the Standing Committee of the Party Committee for confirmation, and then review and approval in accordance with the procedures.
The second is to carry out solid investigation and research. Innovate the investigation forms, improve the research methods, actively promote special research, joint research, video research, independent research, commissioned research, etc., deepen the research results, and lay a solid foundation for high-quality political consultation work.
Third, use the negotiation form effectively. Grasp the characteristics of different forms of consultation such as the Plenary Session of the CPPCC, special political discussion standing committee meetings, special consultation meetings, and consultation symposiums, and adopt corresponding methods to optimize organizational methods and improve the efficiency of political consultation in accordance with the requirements of matching the form and content.
Fourth, focus on building and enhancing consensus. It is to truly consult, in-depth interactive communication, better deepen understanding, enhance consensus, seek common ground while reserving differences, gather similarities and transform differences, transform the Party’s propositions into consensus and actions from all walks of life, unite all forces around the Party, and strive to draw the largest concentric circle.
Fifth, do a good job in applying results and feedback.Timely sort out and form the results of the CPPCC political consultation activities, promote the transformation and application of results, and provide reference for scientific decision-making and effective measures.
Thank you.
Tianmu News Reporter:
"Regulations on the Work of the United Front of the Communist Party of China" puts forward requirements for governments, courts and procuratorates at all levels to equip non-party cadres to take leadership positions. What is the current situation of equipting non-party cadres? Do they really have jobs and powers? Thanks.
Chen Xu:
Thank you for your question, I will answer this question. I think this question is very well raised. Government departments and judicial organs at all levels are equipped with non-party cadres and hold leadership positions to strengthen cooperation and work with the Communist Party of China and various democratic parties and non-party members. This is an important institutional arrangement of China's new type of party system. Our Party adheres to equal treatment, democratic consultation, and sincere cooperation, and supports non-party cadres in governments at all levels and judicial organs to actively perform their duties and fully play their roles. Currently, there are 19 people who hold leadership positions in the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of the State Council's ministries and commission offices and directly affiliated bureaus. For example, Huang Runqiu, currently the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society and the Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, is a non-party cadre who serves as a regular position in the constituent departments of the State Council; Tao Kaiyuan, currently the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party of China, and the vice president of the Supreme People's Court; Gan Lin, currently the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Zhigong Party, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and director of the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau; Gao Hongjun, currently the non-party cadre who serves as a regular position in the constituent departments of the State Council; Tao Kaiyuan, currently the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party of China, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and director of the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau; Gao Hongjun, currently the non-party member, currently the deputy president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. They all conscientiously perform their responsibilities in their positions and played a very good role.
As of June 2021, among the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country, there were 29 non-party cadres serving as vice governors (vice chairman and deputy mayors), and 380 members of the leadership team of municipal governments; 45 people served as vice presidents and deputy procuratorates of provincial people's courts and people's procuratorates, and 345 people served as vice presidents and deputy procuratorates of municipal people's courts and people's procuratorates. They enjoy the power of command of administrative management, decision-making power to deal with problems and suggestions for personnel appointments and removals in accordance with relevant regulations, so it can be said with certainty that non-party cadres have truly achieved their duties, responsibilities and powers.
Thank you, I will answer these.
Beijing Radio and Television Station Reporter:
In recent years, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has taken many pragmatic measures to strengthen consensus building work, such as organizing reading activities for members, propaganda for members, lectures for members, lectures for members, etc. Please introduce this work. Thanks.
Zou Jiayi:
Thank you for your question. It seems that you are quite familiar with our work in the CPPCC. Unity and democracy are the two major themes of the CPPCC. Unity requires consensus, and democracy enhances consensus. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that to unite everyone, ideological guidance and consensus building are essential. In recent years, the CPPCC has taken strengthening ideological and political guidance and broadly building consensus as the central link, actively explored and innovated, built mechanisms and built platforms, and continuously enhanced the contemporary, pertinent and effective nature of the CPPCC's work to build consensus.
For example, we carry out reading activities for members, which is a practical action of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions. In the past two years since its launch, the reading activities of the committee members have organically combined organized reading with personal reading, the reading and performance of the committee members, online reading and online exchange, results transformation and application, and social spillover effects, and built an intelligent reading platform for the committee members and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Academy. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Academy is a very bookish place. Every week we have to carry out offline activities of "Jing Zhou Dynasty Study" there. At the same time, in the online APP of the Reading Intelligent Platform, we have opened 129 theme reading groups including the history of the Communist Party of China, the study and implementation of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought, the great unity of the Chinese people, the unity of the Chinese dream, the traceability of Chinese civilization, and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and carried out in-depth reading exchanges. The members were very enthusiastic about participating in reading activities, with an participation rate of 98%, and more than 580,000 speeches were made. They not only improved the quality of advice and advice through reading and learning, but also focused on continuously enhancing consensus in consultation and exchanges, so as to improve members' self-education and drive the masses in the sector to promote each other.Our members' reading activities also invited public participation to promote the construction of a "book-loving society" with the construction of a "book-loving CPPCC".
For example, we also comprehensively use consensus-building platform carriers such as member lecture halls, member lectures, and “committee speaking” micro videos. At present, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is carrying out the "Strive for the New Era, Hundred Members Say" activity, and welcomes the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical actions of broad-minded hearts and minds. A large number of CPPCC members who are sentimental, responsible, capable and influential actively participated in this activity. They combined their personal experiences and practices of performing duties to tell the stories of China's historic achievements and historic changes in the past decade under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. They also tell the stories of their performance of duties as CPPCC members who made suggestions for the country and fulfilled their responsibilities for the people, which played a positive role in inspiring, uniting and strengthening confidence.
Not long ago, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held the first propaganda event of "Strive for the New Era, Hundred Members Say". At this propaganda event, several members told good stories respectively. Member Yang Changfeng told the story of our country's independent development of the Beidou navigation system; Member Li Chenggui talked about the efforts made by agricultural science and technology workers to ensure food security; Member Liu Bingjiang talked about how China became the fastest country in the world to control air pollution; Member Cheng Hong reviewed the success and excitement of Beijing hosting the Winter Olympics ; Member Chen Zhilie talked about the confidence and sentiment of private enterprises in promoting the high-quality economic development of , and was warmly welcomed by the audience. The "Hundred Members Say" propaganda event will be held in the second and third sessions. I am also here to advertise the propaganda event. The propaganda of the members is indeed very exciting, and I hope that the media friends here can come and listen. Thanks.
Southern Metropolis Daily reporter:
proposal work has paid a lot of attention to the society. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what new measures have the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference taken to strengthen proposal work? Thanks.
Zhang Jing'an:
Thank you for your question. Proposal work is a comprehensive, comprehensive and regular work of the CPPCC, and is one of the most important ways for the CPPCC to perform its functions. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has conscientiously implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and focused on improving the quality of proposal work. Over the past ten years, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has received more than 58,000 proposals and more than 47,000 cases have been filed after review. These proposals that embody the wisdom and hard work of the members have been carefully handled, and a large number of opinions and suggestions have been adopted and transformed into policy measures to promote economic and social development, providing an important reference for the scientific and democratic decision-making of the Party and the government. The proposal fully demonstrates the important role of the CPPCC as a special consultative body in promoting people's democracy throughout the process, and reflects the members' responsibility and performance of their duties. In the new era, we have four main measures to do a good job in proposal work:
first, and pay more attention to the quality of proposals. The "Opinions on Improving the Quality of Proposals" was formulated, emphasizing that quality is the life of proposals, "proposals are not about many but about quality." Guide members to adhere to the principle of not submitting proposals without investigation and research, and encourage members to concentrate on making one to two high-quality proposals every year. We also strictly enforce the filing standards for proposals, requiring that the opinions and suggestions put forward in the proposals should be clear, specific, and be operable and feasible. By establishing a proposal quality evaluation mechanism and an excellent proposal selection and commendation mechanism, play a demonstration and leading role.
Second, deepen proposal handling negotiations. Secretary-General Zou just said that consultation is real consultation, and it is effective to carry out consultation throughout the entire process of proposal work. Specific consultation methods have been formulated in all aspects such as proposal proposal proposal proposal review, proposal assignment, key proposal supervision, and results feedback. It is particularly mentioned that the organizer should regard consultation as a necessary link, promote problem resolution through consultation, and enhance consensus through consultation.
Third, strengthen supervision of key proposals. The Chairman's Meeting of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference studies and determines key proposals every year, and supervises proposals that are both overall, strategic and forward-looking, and those that have important influence on the national economy and people's livelihood will take the lead in supervising the proposals.Let me give you an example. Chairman Wang Yang supervised key proposals for four consecutive years, focusing on major themes such as agricultural product quality and safety, consolidation of poverty alleviation results, ecological environment protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and historical and cultural protection and inheritance. Through on-site research, on-site consultation meetings, etc., it has built a consultation platform for proposers and proposal organizers to promote the resolution of related issues.
Fourth, focus on improving the working mechanism. Deepen the understanding of the regularity of proposal work and form a system with proposal work regulations as the main point and several special provisions. A series of measures have been established to regularly visit democratic parties and to visit proposal organizers to better play the important role of proposal work in promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. Thanks.
Red Star News Reporter:
Democratic supervision is the basic function of democratic parties. Have democratic parties effectively implemented democratic supervision in recent years? How exactly is it done? Thanks.
Sang Fuhua:
Thanks to this reporter friend for his concern and attention to multi-party cooperation. The Party Central Committee attaches great importance to the issue of democratic supervision and is also paid attention to by all sectors of society. Let me give a brief introduction based on your questions.
As we all know, there is a very important institutional design in the multi-party cooperation system, that is, the Communist Party of China and various democratic parties implement mutual supervision. That is to say, the Communist Party of China can supervise democratic parties, and democratic parties can also supervise the Communist Party of China. The supervision of democratic parties over the Communist Party of China is democratic supervision. What is democratic supervision? In accordance with the provisions of the "Regulations on the Work of the United Front of the Communist Party of China", on the basis of adhering to the four basic principles, democratic parties and non-party members carry out democratic supervision of the Communist Party of China through political consultation, research and inspection, participation in the supervision and inspection of the Party and the state's relevant major policies, decision-making and deployment, and special supervision on relevant major issues under the entrusted party committee. In these work, democratic supervision of the Communist Party of China is carried out by putting forward opinions, criticisms, suggestions, etc.
As for whether the democratic parties you mentioned just now have effectively implemented democratic supervision, I can responsibly say that democratic supervision of democratic parties is practical and effective, and is pragmatic and effective. To give an example, in 2016, commissioned by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the central government of eight democratic parties involved the 8 provinces and regions with heavy tasks in the central and western regions. Focusing on six key issues including precise identification of the poor population, precise removal of poor households, and management and use of funds and projects, it carried out a five-year democratic supervision of the fight against poverty. This work is also the first time that various democratic parties have conducted special supervision on major strategic decisions of the Party and the country. In the past five years, the central governments of various democratic parties have put forward more than 2,400 critical opinions and suggestions to the party committees and governments at all levels in the eight counterparts, and submitted more than 80 special supervision reports to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, playing an important role in winning the battle against poverty. After the democratic supervision of poverty alleviation was completed, the focus of democratic supervision of democratic parties shifted to the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is the mother river of the Chinese nation, and its health status has a great impact on the development of our country and the future of the nation. Starting from 2021, also under the entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, eight democratic parties and non-party members have launched a five-year special democratic supervision around the ecological environment protection of the Yangtze River, mainly focusing on eight aspects such as water body restoration and protection, ship and port pollution prevention and control. 2021 is the first year. In this year, various democratic parties and non-party members overcame the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, organized 45 forms of on-site supervision and investigation, and reported more than 250 opinions and suggestions to the party committees and governments of the counterpart provinces and regions. In addition, 6 special reports were submitted to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China through "direct trains".
We believe that with the development of a new round of special democratic supervision, democratic supervision by democratic parties, as an important part of the socialist supervision system with Chinese characteristics, will surely show new advantages and new actions in the new era. Thanks.
Xinhua News Agency reporter:
The Communist Party of China is vigorously promoting people's democracy throughout the process. How does the CPPCC implement this concept? What are the advantages of our country’s new party system? What role does it play in the development of people's democracy throughout the entire process? Thanks.
Zou Jiayi:
Thank you for your question just now. Democracy is the common value concept of all mankind and it is also the unswerving pursuit of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Communist Party of China has deepened its understanding of the laws of China's democratic development, put forward the important concept of people's democracy throughout the process and vigorously promoted it. People's democracy in the whole process is to combine electoral democracy with consultative democracy, and integrate democratic elections, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision, so that the voice of the people can be heard and reflected the wishes of the people in all aspects of the country's political life and social life. How did the CPPCC implement this concept? Simply put, it is mainly through negotiation. The CPPCC is an important channel and a special consultative body for socialist consultative democracy. It insists on consultation before and during decision-making implementation, and brainstorming to promote decision-making optimization, gather consensus to help decision-making implementation, and at the same time carry out democratic supervision to promote decision-making implementation, reflecting the unique advantages of people's democracy throughout the process. Let me give you an example, the formulation and implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan". As we all know, the formulation and implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan is a major event in the overall economic and social development of the country. Before the preparation of the plan, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference gathered the wisdom of representatives from all walks of life through different forms such as consultation and discussion activities, proposals, information on social conditions and public opinion, and theme discussion groups, and gave ideas and suggestions for the 14th Five-Year Plan. Many suggestions were adopted. After the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference arranged for the Standing Committee to study the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposals to deepen their understanding, and continued to make suggestions and advice through inspections, research, proposals, social conditions and public opinion information. At the same time, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference also promoted the "14th Five-Year Plan" through platforms such as member lecture halls, member propaganda teams, and member reading activities to build and spread consensus. During the implementation of the plan, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference carried out special democratic supervision in accordance with the plan, which means that 10 special committees will choose an angle to continuously track and supervise the work priorities of the "14th Five-Year Plan" in various fields every year. The performance of the CPPCC's duties runs through the entire process of the formulation and implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan". From one aspect, it vividly reflects that Chinese-style democracy is a people's democracy with a full chain, all-round and full coverage, and is a broad, real and effective people's democracy. Thanks.
Chen Xu:
Next, I will continue to answer this reporter's friend about the advantages of our new party system. We just introduced China's new political party system, which is the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China. Judging from the formation and development of this system, this is a great political creation of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people, various democratic parties and non-party members. It has become a basic political system of our country. This is a new political system that grew out of our country's soil and has many advantages. For example, it is the product of the combination of Marxist party theory with China's reality. It can truly, widely and lastingly represent and realize the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people and the fundamental interests of all ethnic groups and all walks of life in the country, effectively avoiding the disadvantages of the old-style party system representing a few people and a few interest groups; for example, it closely unites various political parties and non-party members and strives for a common goal. At present, it is the great rejuvenation of our Chinese nation, effectively avoiding the disadvantages of either the lack of supervision by one party, or the rotation of multiple parties and vicious competition; for example, it concentrates various opinions and suggestions through institutionalized, procedural and standardized arrangements, and promotes the scientific and democratic decision-making, effectively avoiding the disadvantages of the old-style party system being confined to the interests of party, class, regional or group and leading to social divisions.
Regarding the role of the new party system in people's democracy throughout the development process, it can be said to have played an irreplaceable and important role. First, through institutional arrangements such as party consultation, participation in politics and decision-making, democratic supervision, we have played a role in smoothing out and broadening channels for expressing interests, gathering people's wisdom, and seeking good strategies, and helping the ruling party improve its work.Second, we emphasize discussing more things, discussing things with good things, and discussing things with good things, fully listening to opinions from all parties, and playing the role of building consensus, gathering wisdom, gathering strength, mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties, and concentrating efforts on major and good things. Third, cooperation and consultation replace opposing struggles, and play a role in reducing social internal friction and maintaining political stability and social harmony. Therefore, in summarizing that in the practice of people's democracy throughout the process, China's new type of party system emphasizes not only the leadership of the Communist Party of China, but also the promotion of socialist democracy, which has important functions of political participation, interest expression, social integration, democratic supervision and maintenance of unity, reflecting the essence of socialist democratic politics in which the people are masters of their own country, and its role is very important and irreplaceable. Thanks.
Poster News Reporter:
In my country's new type of party system, the Communist Party of China and the democratic parties are close friends who are in harmony with each other through thick and thin. May I ask, what role has democratic parties played in the face of major challenges and difficulties in recent years? Thanks.
Sang Fuhua:
I will answer this question, thank you this reporter friend for asking a good question. For a long time, the Communist Party of China has supported various democratic parties to give full play to their advantages such as gathering talents, dense intelligence and extensive connections, and closely focus on some major overall, strategic and forward-looking issues in the country's political, economic, cultural and social life, actively make suggestions and play a good role. Especially in recent years, in order to deal with major risks and challenges, various democratic parties have joined hands with the Communist Party of China to overcome difficulties and make important contributions. Let me give you two examples below.
The first example is to deal with the new coronavirus epidemic. In early 2020, in the face of the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, democratic parties and non-party members immediately responded to the call of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, gathered a powerful force to fight the epidemic together in a very short period of time, reflecting the responsibility and responsibility of participating political parties at critical moments. According to incomplete statistics, a total of more than 60,000 medical workers from democratic parties and non-party members were fighting on the front line of epidemic prevention and control. The central and non-party members of various democratic parties have successively put forward nearly 4,000 opinions and suggestions to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council and relevant departments on epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, members of democratic parties and non-party members also actively donated money and materials, totaling more than 5.1 billion yuan. During this period, some medical workers from democratic parties died on the front line of the fight against the epidemic.
The second example is to help fight poverty and promote rural revitalization. All democratic parties actively promote and implement intellectual support for the border, as well as the Warm Project, Siyuan Project, etc., and actively promote public welfare undertakings such as vocational training, education and school development, donating funds to rescue disasters, and helping the poor. Here is a specific example of helping the Bijie Experimental Zone in Guizhou. The Bijie Experimental Zone in Guizhou was established in 1988. Various democratic parties and non-party members, including the Federation of Industry and Commerce, have been devoted to supporting the construction and development of the Bijie Experimental Zone for 30 years. They have successively implemented the "six major actions", namely industry, education, medical care, intelligence, consumption, and public welfare. Up to now, more than 2.3 billion yuan of assistance funds have been coordinated, 3,115 assistance projects have been promoted, and more than 319,000 talents of various types have been trained. With the joint efforts of all parties, 1.67 million registered poor households in Bijie Experimental Zone were lifted out of poverty as scheduled, 7 poor counties were all lifted out of poverty, and 1,981 poor villages were all lifted out of poverty. Bijie presented its own wonderful answers to China's poverty reduction practice. Bijie Experimental Zone has also become a vivid example of the united front and multi-party cooperation to help fight poverty and promote rural revitalization. Thanks.
China Daily reporter:
The words just released introduced that the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has done a lot of work in enhancing the responsibility of members and better playing the main role. Can you introduce it in detail? Thanks.
Zhang Jing'an:
I will answer this question, thank you for your question. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that CPPCC members should adhere to the spirit of performing their duties for the country and fulfilling their responsibilities for the people, take their careers to heart, shoulder their responsibilities, conscientiously perform their duties as members, and be "understand the CPPCC, know how to consult, be good at discussing politics, abide by discipline, follow rules, and value character." CPPCC members are the main body of CPPCC work. The advantages of CPPCC work lie in members, potential lies in members, and vitality lies in members.There are currently 2,160 members in 34 sectors of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, all of whom are representatives of all parties, groups, and ethnic groups and sectors. The CPPCC has effectively strengthened the team building and performance management of members, and strived to strengthen the awareness, responsibility and ability of members to perform their duties for the country and fulfill their responsibilities for the people, guide members to practice their original mission with exemplary actions, show the style of responsible members in the new era, and the appearance of the members is completely renewed.
First, we focus on strengthening the political responsibility of the members. Formulate and implement opinions on strengthening the responsibility and responsibility of members, educate and guide members to be politically clear-cut, strengthen the Party’s innovative theoretical armament, deeply understand the decisive significance of the “two establishments”, take resolutely implementing the “two safeguards” as the primary task of responsibility, stand firm on major principles and unswervingly follow the path of political development of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The second is to strive to improve the ability of members to perform their duties. Strengthen and improve the learning and training of members, plan, multiple batches, set special topics, and focus on effectiveness. Each member will participate in at least one concentrated training and learning activity within the session, and continuously improve the members' political grasp, investigation and research ability, contact the masses, and cooperation and work ability.
Third, actively create conditions for members to perform their duties and responsibilities. Improve the mechanism for multi-level liaison service members and establish a system for members to attend the Standing Committee meetings in batches. When organizing inspection and research activities, we also focus on attracting local members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to participate in the activities. In addition, Hong Kong and Macao members are organized to visit the mainland every year to regularly convey the spirit of the Standing Committee meetings. We also actively build a platform and provide guarantees for members to perform their duties, and explore more convenient channels for performing their duties under information conditions. For example, the member performance platform application we developed is very convenient to use on mobile phones and computers. The comprehensive service functions have been optimized and a network channel has been established to connect 31 provincial CPPCC members and all the National CPPCC members. The participation and convenience of members in performing their duties have been greatly improved.
Fourth, establish standards for members to perform their duties. Formulate and implement the work rules of the members, establish a evaluation system for the performance of members, improve the performance files of members, statistics of performance of duties, the performance reports submitted by the Standing Committee, and the performance evaluation of the performance of party members, guide members to be responsible members, hand in the performance of duties, and set up the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference members' Excellent Performance Award to commend members who have made outstanding contributions in their performance of duties. At the same time, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the CPPCC Charter and other relevant regulations, we also strengthen the management of the performance of members. Thanks.
China News Service reporter:
We have noticed that in the past ten years, the CPPCC has done a lot of work in strengthening party building, effectively forming a good situation of strengthening politics, leading the team, promoting performance of duties, and increasing unity with party building. Can you please introduce the work in this regard? Thanks.
Zou Jiayi:
Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPPCC has firmly grasped the fundamental attributes of being a political organization, adhered to the leadership of the Party as the fundamental political principle, put strengthening the Party building of the CPPCC at the first place in all work, and took the political construction of the Party as the overall guide, promoted the Party building of the CPPCC, deeply understood the decisive significance of the "two establishments", continuously enhanced the "four consciousnesses", strengthened the "four self-confidences", and achieved the "two safeguards", and effectively played the important role of the CPPCC Party Group in setting the direction, managing the overall situation, and ensuring implementation in the work of the CPPCC, as well as the role of a fighting fortress of grassroots party organizations, and the role of a pioneer and exemplary member of the CPPCC organization in the CPPCC.
First, unswervingly implement the leadership of the Party in all work of the CPPCC. Formulate and implement the system of the Party’s overall leadership over the work of the CPPCC, improve the inspection mechanism for the implementation of major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and instructions, and improve the system of reporting to the Party Central Committee for major matters such as the Standing Committee’s work report, annual consultation plan, and political resolutions to ensure that the Party Central Committee’s major policies and decisions and deployments are implemented in all the work of the CPPCC without fail.A symposium on party building work of the CPPCC and an experience exchange meeting was held, and experience summed up experience and conducted in-depth discussions, conscientiously implement the general requirements for party building in the new era, and implement the "Several Opinions on Strengthening Party Building in the CPPCC in the New Era". The Party Group of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference proposed eight key tasks such as establishing a dual organizational life system for party members and members, and establishing a leading group for party building in the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, strengthening the construction of party groups, party groups in the organs, and special committees of the CPPCC, so as to achieve full coverage of party organizations for party members and members, and full coverage of party work for CPPCC members.
The second is to effectively strengthen ideological and political construction. Take the study and implementation of the Party’s innovative theory as the top priority of ideological arming, establish a symposium system for learning Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, improve the learning system led by the study of the Party Group’s theoretical study center group, use the collective learning form of Chairman’s meeting and Standing Committee meeting, adhere to the system of member meetings for Chairman’s meetings, timely study the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s latest important speech, and promote the normalization and institutionalization of theoretical learning. Actively carry out reading activities for members to promote the combination of learning and performance of duties. In major activities such as celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, based on the characteristics of the CPPCC, innovate the forms of activities, guide members to strengthen their ideals and beliefs in experiential learning, and work together under the banner of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
Third, give full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of party members and members. Through measures such as establishing mechanisms, focusing on guidance, and strengthening management, we will encourage and support Party members to do a good job in the Party’s united front work and mass work, be politically conscious, perform duties diligently, take responsibility bravely, and set an example. For example, establish a system of independent research by party group members, leading members' independent research, and comments on the performance of duties by party members and members of the Standing Committee, and guide party members to take the lead in political leadership, promoting democracy, building consensus, working together, integrity and dedication. In recent years, a large number of party members have not only made suggestions and contributed their wisdom in poverty alleviation, epidemic prevention and control, "six stability", "six guarantees", and scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, but also bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities and overcome difficulties, demonstrating the exemplary role and responsibility of party members in the new era.
Thank you.
reporter of the Yangtze River Daily in Beijing:
Now the global economy is recovering weakly, local turmoil and conflicts are frequent, and many global problems are intensifying. Faced with this series of problems, some Western scholars have proposed to learn political wisdom from the East. My question is, what enlightenment can China's new party system provide for the development of human political civilization? Thanks.
Chen Xu:
I will answer this question, thank you for your question. As we have just introduced that China's new party system has distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese heritage. It demonstrates unique advantages and has strong vitality in our political and social life. At the same time, China's new party system has attracted the attention of the world because China's new party system can provide useful reference for the development of the world's party system, is a enrichment of the theoretical system of the party system, and a significant contribution to the development of human political civilization. There are several aspects:
First, it creates a new party system model. China's party system is neither a lack of democratic one-party system or a competitive multi-party system, nor a so-called multi-party joint system, but a multi-party cooperation system led by the Communist Party of China. The organic combination of Communist Party leadership and multi-party cooperation reflects the consistency of goals and directions, the expansion of political unity and orderly participation, and forms a unique advantage of one-party leadership without autocracy, multi-party cooperation without confrontation, and mutual supervision without restraint, ensuring the correct direction and vigorous vitality of multi-party cooperation.
2 is to create a brand new party relationship. In the Chinese party system, the Communist Party of China and the democratic parties are in a cooperative and harmonious relationship. As the ruling party, the Communist Party of China actively creates conditions for the participation of democratic parties in politics. As the participating parties, the democratic parties actively assist the ruling party in better prosperity for the country and the people; the ruling party and the participating parties supervise each other rather than fight each other, and as close friends and honest friends, they put forward different opinions and criticisms and suggestions. It is this harmonious party relationship that has formed a political situation where the ruling party is dedicated to development and the participating parties work together to help development.
3 is to create a new way of governing. As the ruling party, the Communist Party of China supports the democratic parties to participate in politics and make decisions, democratic supervision, and participate in political consultations led by the Communist Party of China, give full play to the characteristics of sectors and the advantages of talents, widely participate in national political and social affairs, and help the Communist Party of China to govern better. In the multi-party cooperation system, various opinions and suggestions are concentrated in accordance with institutionalized, standardized and procedural arrangements to promote the scientific and democratic decision-making.
Practice has proved that, as a unique institutional model in China and suitable for China's national conditions, the new party system has created a new party political model in the history of world party development. It is the Chinese wisdom provided by China for the development of the world party system and a significant contribution made by China to human political civilization. We are fully confident that we can provide Chinese solutions for mankind's exploration of a better social system. That's all I said, thank you.
(Source: Guoxin.com Picture and Text Record)
Source: United Front New Language
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