The Fourth Session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at 3 pm on March 4.

At the opening meeting, Wang Yang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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  Wang Yang: Our country has entered a new development stage of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, and has put forward new and higher requirements for the work of the CPPCC.

It is necessary to thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thinking on strengthening and improving the work of the CPPCC, fully implement the spirit of the work conference of the CPPCC, strengthen the construction of special consultation institutions, and further transform the advantages of the CPPCC system into national governance efficiency.

  (1) Profoundly grasp the institutional advantages of specialized consultation institutions.

Specialized consultation institutions comprehensively carry the nature and positioning of the CPPCC, are an organic part of the national governance system, and are an important system design and unique governance platform for the Chinese Communist Party to lead the Chinese people to develop socialist democracy and open up the "rule of China".

Through a deep understanding of the successful practice of my country's socialist political system for more than 70 years, a deep understanding of the struggle against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the decisive battle against poverty, and the response to major risks and challenges since last year, to realize the constructive and superiority of socialist deliberative democracy. Effectively enhance political judgment, political understanding, and political execution.

It is necessary to continuously enrich the institutionalized practice in which things are easy to discuss, and everyone’s matters are discussed by everyone, and use the political advantages of the people’s political co-ordination, the unity advantage of cohesion, the democratic advantage of equal consultation, the intellectual advantage of talents, and the coordination relationship. The functional advantages of the company, the advantages of a wide range of sectors, promote the unity of fundamental interests and the combination of wisdom and power, promote the unification of concentrated efforts to do major tasks and brainstorming and consultation, in order to uphold and strengthen the party’s leadership and realize the Chinese nation The historical mission of the great rejuvenation builds a solid ideological and social foundation.

  (2) Continuously improve the working system of specialized consultation agencies.

Since the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, 77 important work systems have been formulated and revised, and an institutional system based on the Constitution of the CPPCC has been preliminarily established, covering consultation and performance of duties, organizational management, and team building.

It is necessary to adhere to the practice orientation, and timely summarize and improve the innovative measures and effective practices in practice such as network theme discussion, committee reading exchanges, social conditions and public opinion discussions, and contact with the people in different sectors, so as to form new institutional norms.

It is necessary to cultivate a culture of negotiation, uphold the excellent Chinese cultural traditions, deepen the practice of CPPCC negotiation, and integrate the concepts of unity, teamwork, seeking common ground while reserving differences, inclusiveness, and equality and tolerance into the construction and operation of the CPPCC system, and better demonstrate the nature and positioning of specialized negotiation institutions. Unique advantages.

It is necessary to strictly implement the system, respect and maintain the system, consciously learn and use the system, and promote the solemn, orderly and lively development of consultation and performance of duties.

It is necessary to integrate into the consultation system, promote the contact and cooperation between the CPPCC consultation and other forms of consultation, and promote the effective operation of specialized consultation institutions in the national governance system.

  (3) Efforts to improve the ability of specialized consultation agencies to perform their duties.

Enhancing the construction of the ability to perform duties is the key to the specialized consultation agency to better serve the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities.

Promote the CPPCC to better become an important position for upholding and strengthening the party's leadership over various tasks, an important platform for uniting and guiding representatives of all ethnic groups and all walks of life with the party's innovative theories, and an important channel for resolving contradictions and building consensus on a common ideological and political basis Insufficient ability and skill panic are the real problems facing each committee member. Strengthening learning is an important task for all committee members. Comprehensively improving the ability of political grasp, investigation and research, contact with the masses, and ability to cooperate and work together is an inevitable requirement for performing duties.

As a member of a specialized negotiation agency, improving negotiation capabilities is the most urgent task for performing duties.

It is necessary to improve the ability to negotiate with non-party representatives and to be good at leading the work of ideology and politics; to improve the ability to negotiate with departments and to transform professional opinions into policy options; to improve the ability to negotiate with the people in different sectors and to be good at reflecting A bridge link that appeals, gathers people's wisdom, and builds consensus.

It is necessary to strengthen training and discussion, pay attention to practical development, and promote members to better use negotiation rules and master communication methods, so that they can express their own opinions and are willing to interact, seek differences and seek common ground, so that advice and management are more useful and consensus-building. effective.

The majority of CPPCC members should follow the requirements of “understanding the CPPCC, meeting consultations, discussing government affairs well, observing discipline, rules, and character”, knowing responsibilities, shouldering responsibilities, and performing responsibilities in action, so as to better serve the country and serve the country. The people's heart and the ability to perform duties are combined to show the new responsibilities of the CPPCC members in the new journey.

  Wang Yang: Members!

"Xiongguan Mandao is really like iron, and now it's stepping forward from the beginning."

Let us unite more closely around the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and constantly innovate the new situation of the development of the CPPCC in the era, in order to win new victories in the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and achieve the first Two hundred-year goals for striving to make new and greater contributions!

(According to the text of the webcast)