
Chinese political advisors on Sunday Morning continued to raise
their proposals on major state affairs at the annual session of the 11th
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC). Sixteen CPPCC National Committee members spoke at the session's third
plenary meeting on the Taiwan issue, economic development of Hong Kong, rural
health care, among others.
Political advisors speak on Taiwan issue, HK development
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese political advisors on Sunday Morning
continued to raise their proposals on major state affairs at the annual session
of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC).
Sixteen CPPCC National Committee members spoke at the session's third
plenary meeting on the Taiwan issue, economic development of Hong Kong,
political system, Chinese culture promotion, judicial justness, rural health
care, among others. Full story

Chinese political advisors on Sunday Morning continued to raise
their proposals on major state affairs at the annual session of the 11th
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC).
Advisor: China needs to axe number of judges, but improve
professionalism
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese political advisor urged Sunday the
country's courts to trim the scale of their judge contingent while raising the
standard of professionalism.
Meanwhile, courts should increase salary and improve welfare for
high-calibre judges who have been frequently reported to resign and become
high-income lawyers, said Wu Zhengde, vice chairman of the Central Committee of
the China Democratic League. Full story

Chinese political advisors on Sunday Morning continued to raise
their proposals on major state affairs at the annual session of the 11th
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC).
CPPCC member proposes opening day of Beijing Olympics as National
Sports Day
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A member of China's top political advisory
body has proposed that the eighth of August be instituted as the National Sports
Day to commemorate the Beijing Olympic Games.
"Instituting the National Sports Day is a good way to commemorate the
Beijing Games, and it will also help make fitness activities part of people's
daily life," said Mao Yulin, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Full story

Chinese political advisors on Sunday Morning continued to raise
their proposals on major state affairs at the annual session of the 11th
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(CPPCC).
China advisded to set up national committee for minors left behind
by migrant parents
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A national committee for the protection of
minors is necessary to better protect children's rights and interests, as
millions of rural children are left behind by parents who seek jobs in the
cities, said a political advisor here on Sunday.
Erkenjiang Tulahong, secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee
of the Communist Youth League of China and vice president of the All-China Youth
Federation, made the suggestion at the annual session of the 11th National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Full story
Political advisor calls for more support to "cultural symbolic
city"
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese political advisor has called for
more support to a cultural symbolic project in the ancestral homes of Confucius
and Mencius to make it a cultural "holy land" and "spiritual home" of the
Chinese nation.
The project in the eastern Shandong Province, hopefully a statutory site
for important cultural celebrations and rituals when completed, should be
recognized as a showcase of the tradition and soft power of China, said Sun
Shuyi, chairman of the Shandong provincial committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Full story