In 2013 the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) received and handled 61 proposals from the NPC and the CPPCC. These proposals mainly involved areas such as the facilitation of trade and investment, support for enterprises “going-global,” and management of foreign exchange reserves. The SAFE attached great importance to the handling of these proposals, arranged relevant work, and made great efforts to carry out the related tasks. As a result, the handling of the relevant proposals for 2013 was completed successfully. The leadership placed great emphasis on the handling of the proposals and made detailed plans for the relevant tasks. The leading Party group of the SAFE also attached great importance to the handling of the proposals; the leadership of the Party branches held special meetings to make plans for the relevant work and to complete the specific requirements. Efforts were made to make institutional improvements to standardize the relevant work. A series of measures was formulated to ensure that the relevant work would be implemented in a systematic and standardized manner. The SAFE also managed to enhance coordination and communicationsso as to improvethe effectiveness and efficiency of the handling of the proposals. Various measures were taken to communicate with the delegates through a number of channels and to listen to comments and suggestions from the delegates in order to ensure the quality of the handling of the proposals. Efforts were intensified to provide training to relevant personnel and to enhance supervision. Relevant personnel who handle proposals from the NPC and the CPPCC were trained in a focused way, and supervision was enhanced so that there would be a response to each task. After the handling of the proposals, meetings were held to sum up the experience and good practices.

The year 2014 is the first year that the SAFE has carried out the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 18^th Central Committee of the CPC and it is an important year to fulfill the objectives of the 12^th Five-Year Plan. The SAFE will make conscientious efforts to handle the 2014 proposals from the NPC and the CPPCC, which will be regarded as a benchmark for assessing implementation of the eight-point regulations of the Party Central Committee and for making efforts to carry out the mass line educational campaign. In 2014 the SAFE will further improve its work style, fulfill the relevant tasks in a pragmatic manner, and endeavor to achieve good performance with regard to the handling of the relevant proposals.