Top political advisor underlines archives work

BEIJING—China’s top political advisor on Friday underlined archives work of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top political advisory body.
Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee Jia Qinglin said initiated by former Premier Zhou Enlai, the archives work of the CPPCC has witnessed and enshrined many historical moments in which non-communist parties have held close cooperation with the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Jia made the remarks in a meeting held on Friday to call for studying President Hu Jintao’s report to the 17th CPC National Congress among officials in charge of archives work of the CPPCC.
Jia urged the officials to collect more valuable historical archives for advisory bodies at all levels especially the archives of CPPCC members’ activities after the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
The top political advisor stressed that advisory bodies at all levels should regard archives work as a fundamental job and make long-term plans for the development of the work.China’s top political advisor Friday urged more international cooperation to develop energy-efficient and high value-added products made from bamboo and rattan.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the call at the tenth anniversary of the International Center for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR) held here. Bamboo and rattan are important forest resources and play an important role in improving the ecological environment and the global climate, said Jia, who also called on bamboo and rattan manufacturers to improve their production mechanisms and innovate technology.
As the most profitable non-wood forestry products, international trade of bamboo and rattan stands at five billion U.S. dollars annually. The output value of China’s bamboo industry last year reached 66 billion yuan (8.8 billion U.S. dollars). “Prosperous bamboo industry and rich bamboo culture have become a means of attracting foreign investments and developing the local economy in some regions,” Jia said.
The ICBR, headquartered in China, is a non-profit inter-governmental organization with 34 members and more than 130 international partners.—Xinhua