全國政協第十二屆第一次會議3月3日北京召開

BEIJING - The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, started its annual session in Beijing Sunday.
北京——作爲中國的最高政治協商機構，中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會十二屆一次會議於本週日3月3日在北京召開。

About 2,200 members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee from different sectors across the country will discuss major issues concerning the country's development during the session, scheduled to conclude on March 12. New leaders of the top advisory body will be elected at the session.
參加十二屆一次會議的2200爲委員從全國各地各部門趕赴北京，本次會議將討論涉及國家發展的主要議題，本次會議將於3月12日結束。本次會議還將選出全國政協委員會的新一屆領導班子。

At the opening meeting in the Great Hall of the People, CPPCC National Committee Chairman Jia Qinglin delivered a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee over the past five years.
全國政協十二屆一次會議在北京人民大會堂開幕，賈慶林同志代表政協第十一屆全國委員會常務委員會作工作報告，回顧了過去五年的政協工作和主要經驗。

Jia said China had overcome "severe challenges" and made "extraordinary achievements" in reform, opening up and socialist modernization over the past five years, and the CPPCC had carried on, made innovations in, and consolidated and developed its cause.
賈慶林在報告中表示，在過去的五年裏，中國已經克服了“嚴峻的挑戰”，改革開放和現代化建設取得了“卓越的成就”，人民政協事業在繼承中創新、鞏固中發展。

The CPPCC fully played its role in coordinating relations, pooling strengths, making suggestions and proposals to the central leadership, and serving the overall interests of the country, Jia said. He said the CPPCC had made important contributions to the country's development in various fields such as scientific development, social stability, China's reunification and foreign exchanges.
賈慶林表示，全國政協充分發揮協調關係、匯聚力量、建言獻策和服務大局的作用，爲推動科學發展、維護和諧穩定、促進祖國統一、擴大對外交往作出了重要貢獻。

"We should actively assist the Party and government in the work of getting the people to voice their demands, coordinating their interests, and safeguarding their rights and interests," Jia said in his report.
賈慶林在報告中指出，“人民政協應該積極協助黨和政府，在工作中聽取人民的需求，協調人民的利益，維護人民的權利和利益。”

He said the political advisory body should maintain a close contact with CPPCC National Committee members from Hong Kong and Macao to get them to play positive roles in building their special administrative regions.
他表示，人民政協應當與來自香港和澳門的全國委員會委員保持密切聯繫，讓他們在特別行政區建設中發揮積極的作用。

Exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan should be enhanced to cultivate more common interests for peaceful growth of cross-Straits relations, Jia said. He also noted that the CPPCC should help deepen China's relations with other countries through new channels and high-level visits.
賈慶林說，爲了兩岸關係的和平發展和共同利益，也應該加強與臺灣地區的交流與合作。他還指出，人民政協應當通過新的渠道和高層訪問幫助加強中國與其他國家的關係。

While reviewing the achievements made by the CPPCC over the past five years, Jia said the political advisory body had "written a new chapter in its history".
在回顧人民政協在過去五年工作中取得的成就時，賈慶林表示全國政協委員會“在人民政協史上續寫了新的篇章”。

Over the past five years, a total of 28,930 proposals had been submitted by the CPPCC National Committee members, and 26,583 of them had been handled as of February 20, according to Wan Gang, vice chairman of the 11th CPPCC National Committee.
第十一屆全國政協委員會副主席萬鋼在關於提案工作情況的報告中指出，在過去五年裏，全國政協委員們共提出提案28930件，截至2013年2月20日，提案已辦復26583件。

Top Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli attended the opening meeting.
中國共產黨和國家領導人胡錦濤、習近平、吳邦國、溫家寶、李克強、張德江、俞正聲、劉雲山、王岐山和張郜林等出席了開幕會議。