CPPCC missions require deep insight from political advisers

The second plenary session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened on Sunday.

In China's unique political system, the role of these political advisers should never be underestimated. As political advisers, the CPPCC members are expected to speak their minds about everything concerning the development of the country, and their opinions on particular issues or work should be handled in as earnest a manner as possible.

In 2018, the standing committee of the CPPCC National Committee convened special meetings on poverty alleviation, a task the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have attached particular importance to as they seek to lift all of the remaining poor out of poverty by 2020. To make preparations for these meetings, four specialized CPPCC committees organized fact-finding trips to extremely impoverished regions. As a result, the CPPCC political advisers put forward 233 motions for targeted actions against poverty last year, and many of them were accepted or taken into consideration in the making of particular policies.