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We will continue to improve our meeting culture and style of writing,

resolutely eliminate bureaucratism and the practice of formalities for formalities’
sake, and practice frugality in an effort to cut costs and raise efficiency. We will
make greater efforts to address the problems identified by the central discipline

inspection team during its inspection of the National Committee, and strive to
build the National Committee into a model body.

III. Enhancing the CPPCC’s Role as a Specialized Consultative Body and

Improving Its Institutional Efficiency

Our country has entered a new stage of development in which we will build

China into a fully modern socialist country, and this shift puts new and higher
demands on the CPPCC. It is therefore crucial that we put into practice General

Secretary Xi Jinping’s important ideas on improving CPPCC work and the
guidelines of the Central Conference on CPPCC Work, so that the CPPCC will

grow stronger in its role as a body dedicated to consultation and be in a better
position to further translate its institutional strengths into effective governance of
our country.

1. Grasping the CPPCC’s institutional strengths
The CPPCC is, by nature, a body dedicated to consultation. As an integral part

of China’s governance system, the CPPCC has served as a unique platform and an
important institution for the CPC as it has led our people in developing socialist
democracy and a Chinese approach to governance. We should review the success

of China’s socialist political system over more than seven decades, as well as the
great efforts made over the past year to combat Covid-19, eradicate poverty, and

respond to major risks and challenges, in order to fully appreciate the strengths
and constructive nature of socialist consultative democracy. This will allow us to
improve our judgment, comprehension, and ability to take action with regard to

political issues.
We must constantly enrich the institutional practice of the principle that the

people’s affairs should be discussed by the people themselves, and leverage the
strengths as a force that draws energy together and channels it toward a common

political cause, a democratic platform that enables discussion on an equal footing,

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