Leaders of China's eight non-Communist parties met the press together at a joint press conference Thursday afternoon on the sideline of the annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions.
周四下午，全国八个民主党派主席出席了全国政协会议联合记者招待会。
China's non-Communist parties, with a combined membership of more than 700,000, or one percent of the 73 million of the Communist Party of China (CPC), represent specific interest groups, reflect complaints and suggestions from all walks of life and serve as a mode of supervision of the CPC.
