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"Two sessions"extended by two more days

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Chinese and foreign reporters line up to enter the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2007. The Fifth Session of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opens in the hall Saturday.

Mar¹. 3 - China will see two of its most important political bodies extend their annual sessions this year to discuss issues about general welfare and the nation's draft law on property rights.

Both the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a national political advisory² body, have released the agendas for their 2007 annual sessions. Both will hold two more days of meetings than they did last year.

According to the agenda, this year's NPC session will begin on Monday and last for 12 days. Apart from regular items such as the review of the central government's work report, budget and State development report, and the reports by the Supreme³ People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, NPC deputies this year will also discuss the draft property rights law and corporate⁴ income tax law, and vote on them.

The CPPCC National Committee full session, which starts on Saturday and ends on March 15, will also discuss the two draft laws.

Except for these special agendas, it is expected that NPC deputies and CPPCC members will deliver more proposals and have longer discussions, because this year's meetings are the last sessions of the 10th NPC and 10th CPPCC.

In another development, according to CPPCC spokesman Wu Jianmin at a press conference on Friday, the country's political advisers⁵ have been devoting much of their time investigating and writing policy proposals on issues on the people's livelihood⁶ last year.

"It has always been an important responsibility of the CPPCC to collect and reflect real social conditions and public voices, as its members come from all walks of life," Wu said.

For example, the number of proposals related to health and education alone reached more than 900, accounting⁷ for one-fifth of the total number of proposals submitted in the past year, Wu said.

In response to the proposals calling for solving the housing problems for low-income households, the Ministry⁸ of Construction has announced it would establish a low-rent system in all cities and counties of the country by the end of this year to ensure the housing of the poor.

Another issue that has caught the attention of CPPCC members is the establishment of a social security system that will cover the country's vast rural population.

"The CPPCC members have concluded that the time is ripe to establish the basic living allowance system for the 23.7 million poor population in the countryside," Wu said.

The system can be established if finance departments spend 6 billion yuan ($750 million) each year, Wu said.

The State Council and related departments have adopted the proposal, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has decided⁹ to promote the system across the country after the success of some pilot projects.

Another example of the role of the CPPCC is that after taking suggestions by CPPCC members, the National Development and Reform Commission decided that the ticket prices of railway and road transportation would remain the same as usual during this year's Spring Festival holiday.

Ticket prices used to be floated to a certain percentage before to cover costs because of the sudden increase in transportation capacity to carry the country's vast floating population home and back after the holidays.

"The cancellation¹⁰ of the price increase has reduced 300 million yuan ($37 million) in revenue, but it has benefited the majority, especially the rural migrant workers," Wu said.

Wu is a senior diplomat¹¹ and served as spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 1980s and Chinese Ambassador to Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and later France in the 1990s, before he became president of the China Foreign Affairs University and Vice-Director of the Committee of Foreign Affairs under the CPPCC in 2003.

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1 mar
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。 Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 advisory
adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询
参考例句：
I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。 He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

3 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 corporate
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
参考例句：
This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。 His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

5 advisers
顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授
参考例句：
a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员 She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

6 livelihood
n.生计，谋生之道
参考例句：
Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。 My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。

7 accounting
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。 There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

8 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 cancellation
n.删除，取消
参考例句：
Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。 Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

11 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

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