The fourth session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 4, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] 

Wang also urged CPPCC members nationwide to enhance their capacity to perform duties. 

"Our country has entered a new stage of development in which we will build China into a fully modern socialist country, and this shift puts new and higher demands on the CPPCC," he said. 

As members of a specialized consultative body, becoming experts at consultation should naturally be among the most pressing tasks for CPPCC members, he added. 

"We need to enhance our capacity to conduct consultation with non-CPC representatives so we can provide effective theoretical and political guidance, with relevant departments so we can translate specialist input into policy options, and with people from different sectors so we can serve as bridges for conveying demands, pooling wisdom and promoting consensus," Wang said.