The National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held a New Year gathering in its auditorium in Beijing on the morning of Dec 31. Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng attended the gathering. Also present at the gathering were leading officials of China’s non-Communist parties’ central committees and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), representatives of personages without party affiliation, leading officials of central Party and state departments, and individuals from various ethnic groups and all walks of life in Beijing.
CPPCC holds gathering to ring in the new year, Xi Jinping delivers important speech
