The sessions of National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are very important in the Chinese political life. They are the important platforms for the representatives and committee members to participate in and discuss government and political affairs. In order to publicize and implement the spirit of NPC and CPPCC, on March 19th, the CPAFFC held a Face to Face with Representatives of NPC and CPPCC Symposium, to deliver the NPC and CPPCC spirit to the senior executives of multinational corporations in China. Mme. Li Xiaolin, the Member of Standing Committee of the CPPCC, the deputy director-general of Committee of Foreign Affairs and the president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Mr. Yan Bingzhu, the deputy director-general of Committee for Economic Affairs, member of National Committee of CPPCC, and the chairman of the board of Bank of Beijing, Mr. Li Qiuxi, the representative of NPC and the chairman of the board of Fenjiu Group had heated discussions and exchanges with the senior executives from more than 60 multinational corporations including the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China, the German Chamber of Commerce in China and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China.
President Li Xiaolin firstly introduced the fundamental facts of the sessions of NPC and CPPCC. This year’s sessions of NPC and CPPCC were held under the new situation of the whole country studying and implementing the spirit of 18th the CPC Congress, and the decisive stage of China completing the building of a moderately prosperous society. In summary, the content of the sessions of NPC and CPPCC included: increasing the confidence by reviewing and summarizing the past experience, making overall arrangement and initiating the enthusiasm, completing changing leaders upon the term of office, which is greatly significant of inheriting the past and ushering in the future. The main feature of the sessions of NPC and CPPCC: the new attitude and appearance and of CPC was revealed; the new images of the new central leaders were highlighted; the new progress and new journey was initiated for the aim of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society; the new development and new trend emerged in practicing and promoting the Chinese socialist democracy. Mme. Li Xiaolin emphasized, China’s Dream raised by President Xi Jinping represented the voice of 1.3 billion Chinese people. The CPAFFC would, according to President Xi Jinping’s requirement, play the role of leadership in nongovernmental diplomatic works, the role of backbone in public diplomacy and the role of bridge in city diplomacy; forever commit itself to the friendly cause of peace, development, cooperation and common benefit.
According to their own experiences in the sessions of NPC and CPPCC, Chairman Yan Bingzhu and Li Qiuxi made brilliant decipherment on hot spots of financial reform, anti-corruption, environmental improvement, change of governmental style, security of food and medicine, super ministry reform and etc..
After listening to the three representatives’ speech, the senior executives of multinational corporations alternated with each other actively. Many representatives of multinational corporations took notes carefully and expressed that they would report the content of the symposium to the headquarter on time. The attendants thought, this symposium organized by the CPAFFC shared the information of the NPC and CPPCC and provided an opportunity for them to contact with the representatives of NPC and CPPCC face to face, which further cleared the different functions, tasks, position and characteristics between NPC and CPPCC. It helped the multinational corporations to understand the major policies of the new national leaders of China including the direction of the Chinese external relation and economic development which would be very important and significant to the development plan of the multinational corporations in next 5 to 10 years even longer.
