The global crisis is hurting the country badly, CPPCC members told China Daily reporters candidly.

政协委员对中国日报的记者坦率说到，全球经济危机对中国的影响十分严重。

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Dong Mingzhu, also a CPPCC member, said she proposed to raise the threshold of personal income tax from 2,000 to 5,000 yuan.

同样是政协委员的董明珠表示，她建议将个税起征点从2000元调整到5000元。

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Chart 1 profiles the National Committee of CPPCC of previous years.

历届政协全国委员会简况如表1。

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No fewer than 64 CPPCC delegates argued that such firms should be put on a par with their state-owned counterparts.

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Retired basketball star Yao Ming, who is attending his first CPPCC session, says the market should support popular sports like tennis, basketball and football.

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The Beijing News also welcomes calls by CPPCC and NPC deputies to quit smoking and remove ashtrays from meeting halls or at least smoke outside.

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