Greater CPPCC efficiency sought

President calls for'new modes of political communication'on panel

China's top leaders have vowed to encourage developing diversified channels to improve socialist consultative democracy to keep pace with social development.

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference should expand consulting fields, diversify consulting channels and improve its consulting system, President Xi Jinping said in his keynote speech in Beijing on Sunday at the conference to celebrate the CPPCC's 65th anniversary.