2015

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, met with Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, in the Great Hall of the People on Jan 7.

A photo exhibition was held to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the CPPCC and the 25th anniversary of the Friends of Hong Kong Association in the working body of the CPPCC National Committee from Jan 7 to 9. It was hosted by the CPPCC's Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese and the Friends of Hong Kong Association.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 25th bi-weekly consultative seminar on Jan 8. It focused on suggestions about the leading role of national laboratories in original innovation.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 26th bi-weekly consultative seminar on Jan 22. It focused on suggestions about the guarantee of disabled people's rights.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif in the Great Hall of the People on Jan 26.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, gave condolences to Saudi king Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz in the Saudi embassy in China on Jan 26.

The ninth session of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee held its opening event on Feb 27. Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the meeting.

The third session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee held its opening conference in the Great Hall of the People on March 3. Chairman Yu Zhengsheng delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee.

The third session of the 12th National People's Congress held its opening conference in the Great Hall of the People on March 5, welcoming Premier Li Keqiang to give the government work report. Members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee attended the session.

The Committee for Handling Proposals held a conference in the CPPCC auditorium on March 8, discussing proposals on better protecting cultivated land and providing the general public with quality agricultural products.

The memorial ceremony of the 90th anniversary of the death of Sun Yat-sen was held in Zhongshan Park on March 12.

The ending conference of the third session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee was held in the Great Hall of the People on March 13. Chairman Yu Zhengsheng presided over the session and delivered a speech.

Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, in Beijing on March 19.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 27th bi-weekly consultative seminar on March 23, where attendees gave advice on the amendment of the law on promoting the commercialization of scientific and technological findings.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with a delegation from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party in the working body of the CPPCC National Committee on March 23.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Zambia's President Edgar Lungu in the Great Hall of the People on March 30.

Ma Biao, vice-chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Bill Shorten, leader of the Australian Labor Party, on March 30.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in the Great Hall of the People on April 3.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Kassa Tekleberhan, president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, in the CPPCC auditorium on April 7.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Beijing on April 8.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 28th bi-weekly consultative seminar on April 9. It focused on suggestions about strengthening the protection of black soil in Northeast China.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 28th chairperson's council meeting of the 12th CPPCC National Committee on April 16. Main topics included discussion of a draft general rule revision for special committees of the CPPCC National Committee, and the national committee's measures for intensifying and improving investigation and survey work.

Ma Biao, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met with a delegation of the New Azerbaijan Party in the CPPCC auditorium on April 16.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk in Beijing on April 17.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 29th bi-weekly consultative seminar on April 22. It gave advice on promoting the prevention and treatment of air pollution across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaborative development.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal of Algeria, who had been invited by Premier Li Keqiang to visit China, in the Great Hall of the People on April 28.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea. Together they attended a reception, celebrating the two countries' 45-year diplomatic relations in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on April 29.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Malaysia's Senate Speaker Abu Zahar Ujang in the Great Hall of the People on May 5. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 30th bi-weekly consultative seminar on May 7. It focused on suggestions about integrated development of traditional and new media. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with a delegation of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan in the Great Hall of the People on May 8. 

The CPPCC National Committee held a thematic conference discussing how to promote reform of the judicial system and courts in the CPPCC auditorium on May 12. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 31st bi-weekly consultative seminar on May 19. It gave advice on wetland protection in the development of the Yangtze River economic belt. 

Wang Zhengwei, vice-chairperson of the CPPCC National Committee, led a delegation to visit Kazakhstan, Lebanon and Israel from May 21 to 31. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the first Annual Conference of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia Non-Governmental Forum in Beijing on May 25. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Jordanian Senate President Abdul Raouf Rawabdeh in the CPPCC auditorium on May 27. 

Yu Zhengsheng met with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the Great Hall of the People on May 28. 

Du Qinglin, vice-chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Aminata Touré, president of Senegal's Economic, Social, and Environmental Council, in the CPPCC auditorium on June 1. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Aminata Touré, president of Senegal's Economic, Social, and Environmental Council, in the CPPCC auditorium on June 2. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 32nd bi-weekly consultative seminar on June 4. It focused on suggestions about prevention and treatment of hydatid disease in western agricultural and pastoral areas. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in the Great Hall of the People on June 9. 

The 11th session of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee held its opening conference on June 15. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 33rd bi-weekly consultative seminar on June 18. It focused on suggestions about acceptance checks of fire protection in construction projects. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Mitja Bervar, president of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia, on June 18. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Philemon Yang, prime minister of Cameroon, in the Great Hall of the People on June 19. 

Cai Wu, vice-chairperson of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, led a delegation to visit Hungary, Germany and Serbia from June 21 to 30. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Belgium's King Philippe in the Great Hall of the People on June 24. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with a delegation from the Afro-Asia issue institute of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party in the Great Hall of the People on June 29. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Tong Yeu Tho, executive vice-president of the Lao Front for National Construction in the CPPCC auditorium on July 1. 

Ma Biao met a delegation from the Turkish Peoples' Democratic Party in Beijing on July 1. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 34th bi-weekly consultative seminar on July 2. It focused on suggestions about rights registration and related legal questions on rural land. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam in the Great Hall of the People. On July 3, together they attended a reception in celebration of the two countries' 25-year diplomatic relations.

The Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee organized a delegation to visit Britain, Czech Republic and Belgium from July 7 to 16. The delegation focused on the training system and the role of foreign specialist physicians and general practitioners. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with President of the Mexican Senate Miguel Barbosa Huerta in the Great Hall of the People on July 8. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Emmerson Mnangagwa, vice-president of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, in the Great Hall of the People on July 8. 

The 12th CPPCC National Committee held a thematic consultative seminar on how to deepen reform of the government review and approval system in the CPPCC auditorium on July 10. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 35th bi-weekly consultative seminar on July 17. It focused on suggestions about the new problems that Taiwan-funded companies faced during the process of economic upgrading on the Chinese mainland. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, paid friendly and official visits to Thailand and Indonesia from July 21 to 28. 

Liang Qiping, vice-chairperson of the Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese, led a delegation to visit fellow countrymen in Australia, Fiji and New Zealand from July 24 to Aug 2. 

The 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee held its opening event on Aug 26.

The Algerian upper house chairperson Abdelkader Bensalah led a delegation to visit China from Aug 31 to Sept 5 and attended commemoration activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 36th bi-weekly consultative seminar on Sept 1. It focused on suggestions about promoting construction of border economic cooperation zones. 

Commemoration activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held in the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Sept 3.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, led a delegation to attend celebration activities for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet autonomous region from Sept 6 to 8. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 37th bi-weekly consultative seminar on Sept 15. It focused on suggestions about helping private companies to expand abroad. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly, in the CPPCC auditorium on Sept 17. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Zimbabwe Senate Speaker Edna Madzongwe in the Great Hall of the People on Sept 18. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 38th bi-weekly consultative seminar on Sept 24. It focused on suggestions about poverty alleviation in particularly poor areas. 

Wan Gang, vice-chairperson of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Governor Annastacia Palaszczuk of Queensland, Australia, in Beijing on Sept 28. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 39th bi-weekly consultative seminar of the 12th CPPCC National Committee on Oct 8. It focused on suggestions about opportunities and risks of transgenic agricultural products. 

A delegation of the Committee for Foreign Affairs visited Finland and Kazakhstan from Oct 10 to 17. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Tep Ngorn, the second vice-president of the Senate of Cambodia, in the CPPCC auditorium on Oct 13. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Truong Thi Ngoc Anh, vice-president of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee in the CPPCC auditorium on Oct 20. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 40th bi-weekly consultative seminar on Oct 22. It focused on suggestions about regulating law enforcement of urban management authorities.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Japanese representatives that attended the 11th Beijing-Tokyo Forum in Beijing on Oct 23.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with the King of The Netherlands Willem-Alexander in the Great Hall of the People on Oct 26. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, delivered a speech at a cross-Straits entrepreneur summit in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, on Nov 4. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 41st bi-weekly consultative seminar on Nov 5. It focused on suggestions on promoting colleges and universities to have more features and higher standards. 

The 13th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee held its second plenary meeting in the standing committee's conference hall on Nov 7. 

Ma Biao, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, led a delegation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament to visit Morocco and Greece and passed through Spain from Nov 10 to 19. 

The CPPCC National Committee held a ceremony marking the 149th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen in Zhongshan Park in Beijing on Nov 12. 

Li Haifeng, vice-chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, led a delegation of the 12th CPPCC National Committee to visit fellow countrymen in the United Arab Emirates, Cambodia and Japan from Nov 17 to 26. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 42nd bi-weekly consultative seminar on Nov 19. It focused on suggestions about inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Mian Raza Rabbani, chairman of the Pakistani Senate, in the Great Hall of the People on Nov 20. 

Chen Xiaoguang, vice-chairperson of the CPPCC National Committee, led a delegation to visit Sri Lanka and Maldives from Nov 24 to 30. 

Wang Zhengwei, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met with Ravil Gainutdin, chairperson of the Russian Council of Muftis in the CPPCC auditorium on Nov 26. 

Pan Yunhe, chairperson of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, paid friendly visits to Indonesia, Brunei and Cambodia from Dec 2 to 11. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 43rd bi-weekly consultative seminar on Dec 3. It focused on suggestions about quality problems and solutions related to generic drugs.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with a delegation of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party in the Great Hall of the People on Dec 4. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Pietro Grasso, president of the Italian Senate in the Great Hall of the People on Dec 7. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, presided over the 44th bi-weekly consultative seminar of the 12th CPPCC National Committee on Dec 17. It focused on suggestions about promoting services provided to private households. 

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, met with Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Sinh Hung in the CPPCC auditorium on Dec 24.