China’s top political advisory body yesterday elected a new chairman, vice-chairpersons and standing committee members.
Jia Qinglin was re-elected chairman at the first session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee which ends today. Also elected were 25 vice-chairpersons, a secretary-general and 298 standing committee members.
The CPPCC consists of representatives of the CPC and non-Communist parties, those without party affiliation, and representatives of people's organizations, ethnic minorities and various social strata.
It also has representation of compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well as returned overseas Chinese.
Each CPPCC administration serves a five-year term.
"The CPPCC National Committee will play a more important role in strengthening socialist democracy," Li Jinhua told China Daily yesterday.
Li has become a national icon for targeting irregular spending by government departments.
He said he would take some time to ponder and research on how to efficiently utilize his decades of auditing experience in his new position in the CPPCC National Committee.
.Li used to work as a factory worker before being enrolled as a postgraduate in Shanghai in 1979. He went abroad in 1988 as a visiting scholar at the University of Missouri in the US.
（英语点津 Celene 编辑）
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