Hollywood actor Jackie Chan, Nobel laureate writer Mo Yan among delegates of China's National Committee
After the performance of the national anthem 2 thousand 206 delegates of the Supreme body of multi-party cooperation and political consultation in China begin their "advisory" work. The opening ceremony has been attended by the CPPCC top party and state leadership.
The current Issue of the higher advisory body of China attracted public and media attention because among its delegates are Chinese movie stars and sports. They are the famous Hollywood actor Jackie Chan, the former center-basketball team, "Houston Rockets" (NBA), one of the richest athletes in China, Yao Ming and the Nobel laureate writer Mo Yan.
More than 3 thousand journalists of Chinese and foreign media had been accredited to cover the sessions of the CPPCC and NPC (National People's Congress).
The session's senior advisory body of China opened on the eve of the main event of the country, the session of the NPC, which begins on March 5. During the present session the Chinese parliament will elect a new leadership of China and form a new composition of the Central People's Government.
The People's Political Consultative Conference of China (CPPCC) is a patriotic united front organization of the Chinese people. CPPCC functions as "political consultation, democratic control and participation in the discussion of public affairs."
It sets up the All-Chinese Committee and local committees. CPPCC members are representatives of the Communist Party of China (CPC), democratic parties, party affiliation, people's organizations, representatives of compatriots living in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, re-emigrants, as well as specially invited guests.
The term of office for each calling of "organ of multi-party cooperation and political consultation" lasts for 5 years. This March the CPPCC;s 11th convocation has ended, which was chaired by Jia Qinglin.