The closing meeting of the first session of the 13th the CPPCC National Committee is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 15, 2018. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

A resolution on an amendment to the CPPCC Charter was passed at the meeting in a move widely believed by observers as representing an important chapter in the development of democracy in China.

Xi's thought was incorporated into the amendment as a guiding theory of the CPPCC.

The definition of the CPPCC's nature and tasks was enriched, and the idea of "socialist consultative democracy" was written into the charter.

This was the fourth amendment to the CPPCC charter since it was adopted in 1982.