• Stepping Up Preparatory Work for Early Solution of
  Taiwan Issue (March 13)
  At present, Hong Kong and Macao have returned to the motherland without a hitch, solving the Taiwan issue has been most realistically placed before us.

• People's Daily Editorial on Conclusion of CPPCC Session (March 12)
  The People's Daily, China's leading newspaper, publishes an editorial Sunday, calling the Third Session of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) a meeting featuring democracy, truth-seeking, unity and confidence boosting.
  

• Successful Practice of Party's Ethnic and Religious Policies  (March 10)
  This report, written by Our Staff Reporters Yuan Jianda, Chen Zhixia, Liu Qiong and Zhang Fan and published on the Column "Summarizing Basic Experiences and Greeting the New Century" in People's Daily, is about NPC deputies and CPPCC members to the "two sessions" discussing the question on strengthening ethnic and religious work.

• An Actual and Major Topic of Education   (March 7)
  NPC deputies and CPPCC members at the two sessions￣discussed the   launch of education in the need ＾to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence￣. Following are the main points of the discussion.

• Commentary: Key to China's Solutions of All Issues (March 6)
  At the "two sessions" NPC deputies and CPPCC members discussed       "development being an absolute principle". Following are their main views about this.
  
  

• People's Daily Hails Opening of CPPCC Session (March 3)
  The People's Daily carries an editorial today hailing the opening of the third session of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
  
  
• Result in Pushing Forward National Rejuvenation Through Science and Technology(March 2)
  This special report written by Our Staff Reporters Zhao Yongxin and Meng Xianli is about the "two sessions" at which NPC deputies and CPPCC members review achievements in science, technology and education over the past year. The report runs in part as follows:
  
  
• Advanced Culture and Ethics Form Strong Force of Cohesion
  (March 1)
  This report is about the "two sessions" at which NPC deputies and CPPCC members talked about struggles we waged against US-led NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, against Lee Teng-hui's splitting acts, against the "Falun Gong' heretic organizations' wanton activities; and the two grand celebrations of the 50th birthday of New China and Macao's return.
  
  
• New, Solid Steps Taken in Democracy and Legal Construction(February 29)
  This special report written by Our Staff Reporters Fu Xu, Yuan Jianda and Wu Ying is about the NPC Session and the CPPCC Session at which NPC deputies and CPPCC members discussed democracy and legal construction over the past year. They agreed that China had taken a new, solid step in this respect. Following are the main points of this report:
  
  

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