During this period in China, “two meetings” will fill with headlines of all newspapers. This is an annual event with great significance in Chinese political life. One of the meetings is China People’s Congress, and the other is China People’s Political Consultation Committee. Foreigners could understand China People’s Congress as their own states’ Congress or Parliament, they might be, however, quite unfamiliar with CPPCC, for it is originated and sole-owned by China.
The system of CPPCC is of Chinese characteristic, and it is one of ways of realization of democracy with Chinese features. Its main functions are three: political consultation, democratic supervision and participation into and discussion of state affairs. Its members are from all walks of life, including businessmen, workers, officials, professors, scientists, doctors, artists, actors and all other representatives and elites of their industries. They may have made great achievements or contribution in their area or are elites of its occupation and could represent other people in that occupation. So this system could gather the wisdom from all walks of life, could make the government and the Party know main problems and main concerns of people from all walks of life and also could learn how to solve the problem and make new advancement from proposals of members of CPPCC. In addition, the CPPCC has the function of supervising the administrative action and judicial action of the government and the judiciary organs. It is also an important chain of check and balance system.