Advisers pledge to uphold Party leadership

Help develop socialist consultative democracy, CPPCC chairman says

China's top political advisory body concluded its annual session on Thursday, pledging to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China and further develop socialist consultative democracy in the new era.

Wang Yang, newly elected chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, asked political advisers to uphold the CPC leadership and take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding principle for the CPPCC.