Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), delivers a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee at the fourth session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 3, 2016. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]

The fourth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday. Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, delivered a report on the work of the CPPCC National Committee's Standing Committee.

Following are highlights from the report.

About CPPCC's first Weibo

CPPCC is going to open an official Weibo account, a Twitter-like social networking site, so as to facilitate information exchange and help CPPCC members better perform their duties.

About research and consultation for the 13th Five-Year Plan

From April to June, the political advisory body will conduct 56 inspections and research activities, which cover issues including consumption demands expansion, manufacturing industry upgrades, innovation-driven development strategy, employment and entrepreneurship development, air pollution prevention in the Beijing-Tianjing-Hebei region and wet land protection in the Yangtze River Delta.

About improvement of people's livelihood

Carrying out inspections and research on hot issues such as education, medical treatment, employment and environmental protection, and contributing ideas and exerting efforts for the construction of rural teaching staff, cultivation of creative talents, construction of a national laboratory, special education development, traditional Chinese medicine development, safety of transgenic agricultural products, rural environmental pollution improvement and protection of the rights of people with disabilities.

About commemorating Sun Yat-sen

China will hold a series of events to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China, this year. Events will be held to honor Sun's contribution to national independence, social advancement and people's happiness, carry forward his patriotic thoughts and revolutionary and entrepreneurial spirits, consolidate unity among Chinese people and the patriotic united front, safeguard cross-Straits  peace and jointly advance the country's peaceful unification.

About communication between youth of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan

The connection with Taiwan's social organizations and groups should be further developed to improve cross-Straits economic and cultural cooperation and communication. We should carry out experiential exchanges for the youth of Taiwan and research the employment situation of Taiwan students who study in the mainland.

About consensus

The CPPCC should consciously resist and oppose all words and deeds that violate damage and weaken common foundation of ideology and politics, so as to continuously cement the existing consensus and generate new ones.

About national identity

Arranging groups of youths in Macao and Hong Kong to study and experience life on the Chinese mainland, letting them know about the country's development