Advisory body chooses new leader

The plenary meeting of the First Session of the 12th Beijing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ended on Friday, and Ji Lin was elected head of the capital's top political advisory body.

Ji, born in 1962, was deputy mayor of Beijing. Originally from Shanghai, he graduated from Renmin University of China and majored in criminal law.

By 8 pm on Wednesday, the session, which began on Jan 21, had received 1,082 proposals. The major issues of this session involved the city's traffic development and environmental protection.

The main proposals focused on building a long-term system to fight air pollution, improving the water quality and working toward environmentally friendly trash disposal.

There were also suggestions targeting the city's heavy traffic congestion, including solutions involving science, perfecting the public transportation network and better management of taxi service.

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