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The annual session of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), dubbed China\u2019s leading political advisory body, commenced at the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, and will run until 12 April. Traditionally held concurrently with the annual session of the National People\u2019s Congress (NPC), China\u2019s highest legislative body that will convene on 5 March, the two meetings are collectively referred to as the \u201ctwo sessions\u201d (\u4e24\u4f1a).<\/p>\n
The mood at this year\u2019s two sessions is slightly more subdued than usual, with Xi Jinping\u2019s incoming administration aiming to restrict ostentatious displays of wealth, lavish banquets, and excessive exchange of gifts that were the hallmark of meetings in recent years. This year the 2,237 delegates will have to make do with alcohol-free buffets.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s two sessions and the reforms supposedly to be discussed there dominate the front pages of China\u2019s newspapers today (see gallery below). The\u00a0City Lady\u00a0<\/em>(\u90fd\u5e02\u5973\u62a5) from Shandong province, however, has as usual taken a slightly different view with a front page story on the \u201cRed descendants\u201d at the two sessions this year, i.e. the delegates who are children and grandchildren of previous Party leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n On the\u00a0City Lady<\/em>\u2018s count, there are in total at least 24 \u201cRed descendants\u201d at this year\u2019s CPPCC, 15 men and nine women. The three images on the newspaper\u2019s front page (see image above) are three of the nine female \u201cRed descendants\u201d delegates, namely (from left to right) Deng Xiaoping\u2019s daughter Deng Nan (\u9093\u6960), Li Ping\u2019s daughter Li Xiaolin (\u674e\u5c0f\u6797), and Zhu Rongji\u2019s daughter Zhu Yanlai (\u6731\u71d5\u6765).<\/p>\n Also included among the 24 are Mao Zedong\u2019s grandson Mao Xinyu (\u6bdb\u65b0\u5b87), Zhou Enlai\u2019s niece Zhou Bingjian (\u5468\u79c9\u5efa), Zhu De\u2019s grandson Zhu Heping (\u6731\u548c\u5e73), Chen Yun\u2019s son Chen Yuan (\u9648\u5143), Wan Li\u2019s son Wan Lifei (\u4e07\u5b63\u98de), Li Xiannian\u2019s daughter Li Xiaolin (another \u674e\u5c0f\u6797), and Li Dazhao\u2019s grandson Li Hongta (\u674e\u5b8f\u5854).<\/p>\n Three new arrivals<\/strong> Classification by occupation<\/strong> Of the ten \u201cRed descendants\u201d that are listed as employed in business, Li Ping\u2019s daughter Li Xiaolin is particularly noteworthy. The CEO of China Power International Development, a Hong Kong-listed company, she is known variously as the \u201cfirst sister\u201d or the queen of China\u2019s power market.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how a few other newspaper front pages today covered the two meetings in more conventional fashion:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Links and sources<\/strong> The annual session of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), dubbed China\u2019s leading political advisory body, commenced at the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, and will run until 12 April. Traditionally held concurrently … Continue reading
\nThree of the 24 are this year appearing for the first time, namely Chen Yuan (the current Chairman of China Development Bank), Lieutenant General Xu Xiaoyan (\u5f90\u5c0f\u5ca9) (son of Xu Xiangqian, a former Marshal in the People\u2019s Liberation Army), and Ren Kelei (\u4efb\u514b\u96f7)(son of former Guangdong Party Secretary Ren Zhongyi).<\/p>\n
\nAfter checking on the official occupation of each of the 24,\u00a0City Lady<\/em>\u00a0came up with the following classification: Eight are in government or political posts; ten are in business; five hold military posts; and one is a scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\nThe Guardian<\/em>:\u00a0Chinese elite tighten their designer belts at sober annual congress<\/a>
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