Xi calls on advisers to pool wisdom

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a meeting celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 20, 2024. As the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference celebrates its 75th founding anniversary, President Xi Jinping has urged the nation's political advisory body to rally the people's support, build consensus, and pool wisdom and strength in promoting Chinese modernization. The first plenary session of the CPPCC was held in Beijing from Sept 21 to 30, 1949, as an enthusiastic response to the CPC's call for "all the democratic parties, mass organizations, and community leaders to immediately convene a political consultative conference to discuss the convening of a conference of people's representatives and setting up of a democratic united government". Xi said the CPPCC should continue to promote the CPC's unity and cooperation with other political parties and public figures without party affiliation, through coordinated actions.