CPPCC Holds Press Conference in Beijing 

The fourth session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held its first press conference on March 2, 2011 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing                                                                                                                           Wang Song

The fourth session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held its first press conference on March 2, 2011 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Qizheng, spokesman of the session, provided information about the session and answered questions from the media.

The Fourth Session of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC will open on March 3. A work report by the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and a report on the proposals raised since the third session will be deliberated. The government work report and the draft of the 12th Five-year Plan (2011-2015) on the country's economic and social development will also be heard and discussed.

When mentioning about the disclosure of government officials' assets, Zhao said that the disclosure of officials' assets takes time as China has nearly 10 million civil servants and more working in government-affiliated institutions.

Currently, government officials are required to report not only about their income, family property and investment, but also about whether their spouses or children live abroad, to the departments or institutions they work in, he said. "Many things have to be done, step by step, before the definition of assets is made clear," he said. Members of the CPPCC would do more research and make proposals to help improve the current regulation governing the disclosure of government officials' asset, Zhao said.