The third session of the 12th CPPCC Shaanxi Provincial Committee opened on January 14 in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, with the annual working report made by Han Yong, chairman of the Committee.

Han Yong, chairman of CPPCC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, makes the working report of his committee.

Han said in his report that 2019 was the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was a key year for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

“Under the leadership of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, the 12th CPPCC Shaanxi Provincial Committee," the chairman said. "We have meticulously organized all parties, groups and people from all walks of life to participate in the CPPCC, actively made suggestions on capital management, focused on building consensus, and made important contributions to Shaanxi's pursuit of transcendence in the new era.”

According to Liu Kuanren, vice chairman of CPPCC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, thoroughly implemented the spirit of the fourth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee CPC Central Committee and CPPCC working conference, conscientiously implemented the spirit of the sixth plenary session of the thirteenth session of the CPC Central Committee, focused on the overall development of the province, improved consultative mechanisms, continued to improve the quality of proposals, handled service quality, and promoted the high quality development of the proposal.

Over the past year, the CPPCC Provincial Committee has submitted 1,237 proposals, 1,018 of which have been put on file after examination. These included 886 proposals by members, accounting for 87 percent, and 132 collective proposals (82 proposals by democratic parties, 12 proposals by people's organizations, 5 proposals by sectors and 33 proposals by special committees), accounting for 13 percent, Liu said.

By December 31, 2019, all proposals had been completed. Among them, 342 had their issues solved or adopted for implementation, accounting for 33.6 percent; 590 of them had been incorporated into various plans, plans or policies under implementation, accounting for 58 percent; and 86 of them had not been adopted or reserved for reference due to limited conditions, accounting for 8.4 percent.

“These proposals provide important support for the scientific decision-making of the party and government, and play a positive role in the construction of Shaanxi's economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization," Liu said. "In terms of ensuring and improving people's livelihood, 395 proposals were put forward, accounting for 38.8 percent of the total, accounting for the highest proportion, involving such pressing issues as education, employment, social security and poverty alleviation.”

In deploying the work for the new year, Han Yong pointed out that 2020 is the final year of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way through the 13th five year plan, as well as the first year of fully implementing the spirit of the CPPCC working conference.

Han said that the general requirements of this year's work of the CPPCC Shaanxi provincial committee are that: adheres to and develops socialism with Chinese characteristics as the main axis of consolidating a common ideological and political foundation; serves the goal of "two one hundred years" as the main line of work; and takes the strengthening of ideological and political guidance and extensive consensus-building as the central link, and conscientiously implements it.

“We should earnestly implement the spirit of the working conference of the CPPCC Central Committee, implement the deployment requirements of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, give full play to the role of special consultation institutions, strive to promote the two-way process of making suggestions and gathering consensus, strive to build the CPPCC Provincial Committee into an important position to adhere to and strengthen the party's leadership in various areas, and guide representatives from all ethnic groups and all walks of life using the innovative theory of the party," Han said. "It is an important platform, an important channel for resolving conflicts and building consensus on the basis of common ideology and politics, to transform the institutional advantages of the CPPCC into the efficiency of national governance, to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and to promote the pursuit of transcendence in the new era.”