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For the CPPCC to better serve the modernization of China’s system and

capacity for governance, it must improve its capacity to perform its duties. We
need to make the CPPCC an important platform for upholding and strengthening
the CPC’s leadership over all endeavors, for uniting, advising, and guiding

representatives from all ethnic groups and sectors of society with the CPC’s new
theories, and for resolving conflicts and building consensus on the basis of our

shared intellectual and political foundations.
Facing the very real problem of inadequate ability and the anxiety this creates,

it is imperative for every member to study harder. For us to fulfill our duties, we
must comprehensively boost our capacity to keep to a correct political direction,
conduct surveys and research, maintain close ties with the people, and engage in

cooperation and teamwork.
As members of a specialized consultative body, becoming experts at

consultation should naturally be among our most pressing tasks. We need to
enhance our capacity to conduct consultation with non-CPC representatives so that

we can provide effective theoretical and political guidance, with relevant
departments so that we can translate specialist input into policy options, and with
people from different sectors so that we can serve as bridges for conveying

demands, pooling wisdom, and promoting consensus.
We need to hold more training, research, and discussion sessions for our

members and put emphasis on cultivating them through practice. We will
encourage our members to apply relevant rules and methods of communication for
more effective consultation, so that they are able to fully express their views while

engaging in amicable exchanges with others and seek common ground despite
differences of opinion. This will enable them to ultimately offer more useful

suggestions and build consensus more effectively.
Our members must have a thorough knowledge of the CPPCC’s role, be adept

at consultation and deliberation, abide by the CPPCC’s rules and disciplinary
regulations, and act with integrity. Bearing in mind our mission, we should better

align our will to serve our country and people with the work of the CPPCC, so as
to fulfill our duties and responsibilities and show that we are ready to shoulder
new commitments on the new journey ahead.

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