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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, MODUK, ACTOR, INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, PARIS

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CHINA INTERNAL: CHINESE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE (CPPCC) MEETING

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CHINA'S TOP LEADERS TURN OUT FOR CPPCC SESSION, PRESIDED OVER BY LI RUIHUAN. 'MULTI-PARTY COOPERATION AND CONSULTATION' A KEY THEME IN THE WORK REPORT. US AND FRANCE CONDEMNED FOR SELLING MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO TAIWAN. BRIEF MENTION OF HONG KONG.

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2. THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 8TH NATIONAL CPPCC COMMITTEE OPENED IN PEKING ON 14 MARCH. LI RUIHUAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PRESIDIUM, PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING. ALL CHINA'S TOP LEADERS WERE PRESENT: JIANG ZEMIN, LI PENG, QIAO SHI, LIU HUAQING, ZHU RONGJI, HU JINTAO, AND THE REST OF THE POLITBURO, INCLUDING YANG BAIBING (NOT IN UNIFORM). YANG SHANGKUN AND WAN LI WERE ALSO ON THE ROSTRUM, SEATED IMMEDIATELY ON JIANG ZEMIN'S LEFT HAND SIDE BEFORE ZHU RONGJI AND HU JINTAO. YAO YILIN WAS ALSO SEATED NEARBY.

3. YE XUANPING, STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE 7TH NATIONAL CPPCC COMMITTEE, PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE COMMITTEE'S WORK OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS. AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS REPORT HE REFERRED TO THE CHALLENGES THROWN UP BY TIANANMEN, WHICH HE FIRST CALLED A POLITICAL DISTURBANCE AND THEN ''A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY REBELLION,

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AND THE FALL OF COMMUNISM IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE PARTY'S RESILIENCE, WHICH HE SAID ''TOOK A SERIES OF MAJOR MEASURES, LED AND UNITED THE CHINESE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES IN OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES AND WITHSTANDING THE SEVERE TEST AND FINALLY ACHIEVING SOCIAL TRANQUILLITY, POLITICAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.''

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