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CPPCC concludes annual session

By (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-03-12 15:42

The Second Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ended in Beijing Thursday morning, pledging to maintain steady and relatively fast economic development in 2009.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over the ceremony.

Top Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang were at the closing ceremony.

The meeting adopted the work report of the 11th CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee over the past year, and on how suggestions and proposals from CPPCC members were handled since the last session. Political advisors attached great importance to issues related to people's wellbeing.

They raised 551 proposals on maintaining economic growth, calling to boost economic restructuring and expand domestic demand under the backdrop of the global financial crisis.

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