BEIJING, March 13 -- As China's top political advisory body, it has been an important responsibility of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee to collect and reflect real social conditions and public views.

　　Known as the government's "think tank", the CPPCC committees at all levels, local, provincial and national, have a large numbers of members and public figures from different walks of life. Minister of Health Gao Qiang, China Construction Chairman and Board Director Guo Shuqing and actress Gong Li are some of them.

　　The CPPCC National Committee is an open forum where the Communist Party of China, the non-Communist parties and people with no party affiliations discuss State affairs freely and on an equal footing. It is indeed a manifestation of China's socialist democracy.

　　Since March last year, political consultants have raised 5,158 proposals, with more than 98 percent of them getting a response from the relevant departments or being handled in line with the country's laws and regulations.

　　Many proposals have a nationwide impact and are important to the development of the country's economy, culture, sports, politics, social security, and science and technology.

　　Listed below are some of the pioneering suggestions from the members.

　　Last year, Liang Chaoran from southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, suggested a renewable biomass energy base be set up in the South China region. On the basis of the that suggestion, the National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC) sent officials and experts to carry out a field research. Later, discussions were held and studies conducted with the help of experts from agriculture and forestry fields.

　　Guangxi has a favorable climate and land resources and with abundant raw materials, such as sugar cane and cassavas, for developing biomass energy. Key biomass projects in the area use cassavas to produce ethanol, diesel oil, methane and molding compound fuel.

　　The result: the NDRC listed Guangxi as a key area for renewable energy development during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10), vice-minister Bi Jingquan said at a press conference on Saturday.