What is the political consultation system in China?

The political consultation system (CPPCC system) refers to a system in which, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), representatives of political parties, people's organizations, ethnic minorities and all walks of life hold regular democratic consultations on major national policies in the form of the China People's Political Consultative Conference.

After the reform and opening up, our party made it clear that multi-party cooperation and political consultation are the distinctive features and advantages of China's political system, put forward the policy of "long-term existence, mutual supervision, treating each other with sincerity, sharing weal and woe", and issued opinions on upholding and improving the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the China * * * production party, which enabled the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the China * * * production party to exist and develop for a long time.

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Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has strengthened its overall leadership over the cause of multi-party cooperation, made a series of major decisions and arrangements, convened the Central United Front Work Conference and the Central Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Socialist Deliberative Democracy and other important documents, strengthened the implementation of CPPCC's regulations on deliberative democracy and United front work (for trial implementation), strengthened the implementation of political party consultation, strengthened the construction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's participating parties, and strengthened and improved CPPCC's work in the new era.

At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adhering to and improving the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of China Producers' Party was incorporated into the basic strategy of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping made a series of important expositions on upholding and perfecting China's political party system, and made a major political conclusion and theoretical summary on the "new political party system", which pointed out the direction for the development of multi-party cooperation in the new era and provided fundamental follow-up.

People's Network-Adhere to and improve the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the China Producer Party.