This is Guo Weimin, the press spokesman of the conference, introducing the relevant information of the conference at the main venue. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin photo
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 3rd The press conference of the Fourth Session of the 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of March 3rd. Guo Weimin, spokesman of the Congress, announced that the Fourth Session of the 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference will open at 3 pm on March 4th and close on the afternoon of March 10th.
At the news conference held by online video, the spokesperson communicated with Chinese and foreign journalists from a distance and answered 12 questions from Chinese and foreign journalists in more than an hour.
This is the main venue. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xing Guangli photo
Continue last year’s experience: shorten the duration, streamline documents, and combine offline and online.
According to the requirements of the epidemic prevention and control work of the conference, this press conference was held in the form of online video. The main conference venue is located in the Great Hall of the People, and the sub-conference venue is located in the Media Center.
Despite the "cloud meeting", the enthusiasm of Chinese and foreign journalists has not diminished. Nearly 100 reporters arrived at the sub-venue early, and cameras, cameras, mobile phones and other equipment took turns to broadcast the press conference to all parts of the world in real time.
The duration of this year’s CPPCC meeting was reduced to six and a half days. On the one hand, it summarized the experience of last year’s meeting, on the other hand, it took into account the requirements of epidemic prevention and control. "Last year, many staff members were reduced, documents were streamlined, and online and offline were combined. The conference was very successful and was widely praised by all walks of life." Guo Weimin introduced.
Guo Weimin said that this year’s conference will further improve relevant practices, and strive to enhance efficiency and improve quality on the basis of strengthening the concept of time and optimizing process design. In the future, we will further summarize and sort out innovative measures and effective practices, and continue the good experience and good work style to ensure that the meeting is clean, pragmatic and efficient.
Continuing last year’s practice, some speeches and media interviews at this year’s conference still rely on online video. Guo Weimin introduced that during this conference, there will be an opening meeting, a closing meeting and two speeches, one of which will be held by video conference. Arrange three "Committee channel" interview activities through online video. In addition, online video interview rooms have been set up in the resident of each Committee member.
This is Guo Weimin, the spokesman of the conference, answering a reporter’s question at the main venue. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin photo
A new atmosphere of consultation and discussion: more channels for video research, remote discussion and performance of duties.
Last year, the CPPCC General Assembly was postponed, the work cycle between the two conferences was shortened, and some offline activities were not held due to epidemic prevention and control. How to show a new atmosphere through consultation and discussion?
Guo Weimin cited a string of figures: 23 important consultation and deliberation activities were held in the whole year, such as special discussion meetings of the Standing Committee, special consultation meetings and biweekly consultation forums, 80 inspections and investigations were organized, more than 7,500 pieces of information on various CPPCC committees were submitted, and more than 5,900 members’ proposals were put forward.
The topics of consultation and discussion include major decision-making arrangements such as the formulation of the 14 th Five-Year Plan and decisive battle against poverty, as well as hot issues of social livelihood such as food safety supervision in the take-away industry. "The handling of proposals has been intensified, the quality has also improved, there are many innovations, and good results have been achieved." Guo Weimin said.
Guo Weimin said that at present, important consultation and deliberation activities will invite relevant responsible comrades of government departments to participate and have in-depth exchanges, and the channels for the CPPCC to perform their duties are more abundant, and the effectiveness of consultation and deliberation is more remarkable.
He also introduced that this year, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference conducted extensive video surveys and remote discussions, which used to be "point-to-point", but now it is "point-to-multipoint" and "multipoint-to-multipoint" to carry out joint consultation, which has significantly enhanced the effectiveness and interactivity of the work and fully released the potential and efficiency of specialized consultation institutions.
Facing the new situation and new tasks, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference carried forward the tradition, built a new platform, and organized and guided members to carry out reading activities. "It is of great significance to improve self-cultivation, improve the ability to perform their duties, create an atmosphere of’ scholarly CPPCC’, and then promote the construction of’ scholarly society’." Guo Weimin said.
This is the breakout session. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Heshe
Opinions and suggestions are translated into policy measures: poverty alleviation, business environment and information protection.
From the national strategy to the livelihood of the people, more than 2,100 CPPCC members from 34 sectors have played their respective professional expertise and performed their duties, which has played an important role in the formulation of relevant policies.
Guo Weimin introduced that since the 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, poverty alleviation has been the focus of consultation and deliberation every year, and consultations and deliberation have been carried out in depth around the key issues in poverty alleviation through various means, such as holding special deliberation standing committee meetings, biweekly consultation forums, field and video research, and submitting and supervising proposals.
"Many of our suggestions and suggestions have been translated into policy measures, which have made important contributions to helping poverty alleviation." Guo Weimin said that this year, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference will also organize special consultations, inspections and investigations, strive to solve the problem of preventing poverty, help the poverty-stricken population and poverty-stricken areas to develop continuously, and help the rural revitalization strategy to be effectively implemented.
There are also economic situation and business environment issues, which CPPCC members often discuss and study. Guo Weimin said that in January, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held the first biweekly consultation forum this year around "continuously optimizing the business environment". CPPCC leaders, relevant members, experts and representatives of small, medium and micro enterprises had in-depth discussions and discussions with responsible comrades of the State Council authorities.
CPPCC members not only care about "major events", but also care about the "personal affairs" of the masses.
For example, public concerns about personal information security and privacy protection, Guo Weimin introduced that last year, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference specially held a remote consultation meeting on "Strengthening the protection of personal information in the era of big data" and held a biweekly consultation forum on "Science and technology ethics and legal issues in the development of artificial intelligence".
"Some people in charge of Internet companies among CPPCC members also participated in the discussion of related topics, and also said that it is necessary to strengthen industry self-discipline, handle the relationship between service and management, strictly implement the main responsibility of enterprises, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of users." Guo Weimin said.
In addition, many CPPCC members put forward proposals on how to make the elderly better adapt to the intelligent era. Guo Weimin introduced that Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference has conducted many special investigations on the problem of population aging, held biweekly consultation forums, and invited members and responsible comrades of relevant departments to conduct face-to-face consultations, exchanges and discussions. This year, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference has included "actively responding to the aging population and promoting the balanced development of the population" in the key consultation plan, and will organize CPPCC members to conduct in-depth research and discussion to provide reference for government decision-making.
"The multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), a new political party system, has unique advantages and distinctive features." Guo Weimin said.
This is the breakout session. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Heshe
The circle of friends is constantly expanding: vaccine assistance, preparations for the Winter Olympics, and active foreign exchanges.
By the end of February, China had received more than 52 million doses of vaccine-the data was released by Guo Weimin at the press conference. He also said that by the end of February, China had provided vaccine assistance to 69 countries and 2 international organizations and exported vaccines to 28 countries, and the number was still increasing.
"Some people question that China wants to use vaccine exports to expand its geopolitical influence. This statement is very narrow." Guo Weimin pointed out that China’s international cooperation in vaccines is to help the international community overcome the epidemic and practice the concept of a community of human destiny.
For some time, some anti-China politicians have smeared China, which has had a negative impact. Guo Weimin introduced that many members of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference actively voiced their opinions, explained China’s position, refuted false remarks, and safeguarded national sovereignty, security and development interests. Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference will give full play to the unique advantages and characteristics of CPPCC organizations and actively carry out foreign exchanges.
In response to a question about the Beijing Winter Olympics, Guo Weimin said that at present, all the competition venues have been completed, and the preparations for the Winter Olympics have entered a critical period of all-out sprint. The relevant departments will make overall efforts to prevent and control the epidemic and prepare for the Winter Olympics, and strive to overcome various difficulties to ensure that all the preparations before the games can be fully prepared.
"Individual foreign politicians politicize sports in an attempt to interfere with the preparation and holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics. These practices violate the spirit of the Olympic Charter. Such a move is not supported by the international community, it is futile, and it is doomed to fail. " Guo Weimin said.
When answering a question about China’s international image, Guo Weimin said, with more and more foreigners visiting China, and at the same time, we also strengthen foreign exchanges and cooperation, more and more people will like China, and the international community’s goodwill towards China will continue to increase.
"China has carried out exchanges and cooperation with more and more countries and regions and constantly expanded our’ circle of friends’." Guo Weimin said. (Reporter Dong Ruifeng, Liu Kaixiong, Zheng Mingda, Sun Wei)
