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Jia re-elected Chairman

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Jia Qinglin bows after being re-elected Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on Thursday.

BEIJING: Jia Qinglin was re-elected Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, here on Thursday. Mr. Jia was re-elected at the fourth plenary meeting of the First Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee.

The meeting also elected 25 vice-chairpersons, a secretary-general and 298 Standing Committee members of the 11th CPPCC National Committee.

The CPPCC is a patriotic united front organisation of the Chinese people, serving as a key mechanism for multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and a major manifestation of socialist democracy. The CPPCC consists of representatives of the CPC and non-Communist parties, personages without party affiliation, and representatives of people’s organisations, ethnic minorities and various social strata. It also has the representation of compatriots of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, returned overseas Chinese and specially invited people.

Meanwhile, Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin hailed the development of the strategic partnership between the two countries in a telephone conversation, said the Foreign Ministry.

Mr. Hu spoke highly of Mr. Putin’s outstanding contributions to the partnership, it said. The two countries have signed the Sino-Russian Good-Neighbourly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. — Xinhua

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