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BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Second Plenary Session of the 17th
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) closed on
Wednesday with a pledge to deepen political reform.
Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered
an important speech at the session, which was held from Feb. 25 to
27 in Beijing. Participants included 204 members of the CPC Central
Committee and 167 alternate members.
Chinese President and CPC
General Secretary Hu Jintao delivers an important speech at the
Second Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the CPC in
Beijing, Feb. 27, 2008. The Second Plenary Session of the 17th
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) closed on
Wednesday with a pledge to deepen political reform. (Xinhua Photo)
China's political system needed improvements to keep pace with the
requirements of the country's economic and social development, the
protection of democratic rights and social fairness and justice,
said a communique issued after the session.
It said that the CPC must hold higher the banner of democracy,
stressing, "It is a constant goal for the Party to advance socialist
democracy."
To adhere to and improve the people's congress system and the
multiparty cooperation and political consultation system under the
leadership of the CPC is in line with the requirement of
consolidating the socialist regime and patriotic united front, and
is a key task of developing socialist democracy, it said.
According to the communique, the session approved two lists of
candidates for state leaders and leading members of the country's
top political advisory body. The lists will be recommended to the
presidiums of the upcoming first annual sessions of the 11th
National People's Congress (NPC) and the 11th National Committee of
the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, respectively
in March.
The CPC session also approved two documents on deepening the
country's administrative system reform and the institutional
restructuring of the State Council, the Cabinet. The latter will be
submitted to the first session of the 11th NPC for deliberation.
The general goal of administrative reform was to establish a
simplified and efficient socialist administrative system with
Chinese characteristics by 2020, the communique said.
The Second Plenary Session of
the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
closed on Wednesday with a pledge to deepen political reform.
(Xinhua Photo)
The CPC Central Committee also hailed the efforts and major victories in
fighting the severe winter weather in parts of the country since
mid-January, calling it an evidence of China's political advantages.
All Party leaders and governments at all levels fought hard against
the disaster according to the deployment of the central government.
The whole country had been united together in overcoming
difficulties.
The session also expressed concerns over social issues in education,
social welfare and health care, and pledged to try hard to promote
social harmony and ensure social stability. It called for
substantial efforts to ensure the success of the forthcoming Beijing
Olympic Games and Paralympics.
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