国内英语新闻:Chairman urges preparation for top political advisory body's annual session

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin has called for adequate preparation for next year's annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

    A meeting of the CPPCC National Committee's chairperson and vice chairpersons decided Saturday to open the annual full session of the top political advisory body on March 3 next year.

    Jia, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, said the session, together with the annual full meeting of the National People's Congress, is of great significance in deepening reform, tackling the global financial crisis, advancing social and economic development, and ensuring stability next year.

    Zhao Qizheng, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, was appointed the spokesman for the annual session in March.

Jia Qinglin (C), member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presides over the 21st Chairpersons' Meeting of the 11th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 25, 2009