常委会每年开两次会议。

The committee meets twice a year.

法院指出，其他长期常委会枪的限制仍然有效。

The Court noted that other long-standing gun restrictions remain in effect.

从1983年到2005年逝世，他还在政协的常务委员会中任职。

He also held a position in Standing Committee of CPPCC from 1983 till his death in 2005.

中国人民政治协商会议（政协）委员中的妇女比例甚至更少。 在这个全国人大的主要咨询机构中，占到不足18%。

Women are even less well represented in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), making up fewer than eighteen per cent of the NPC’s main advisory body.

在座谈会上，部分政协委员针对新形势下如何创新政协工作，如何发挥委员、界别作用等问题，提出了不少好的意见和建议。

At the symposium, members of the CPPCC provided constructive Suggestions on how to improve their work under new circumstances and how to give full play to the CPPCC members and constituencies.