Han currently serves as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress, chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology and dean of Beijing University Medical School.
The congress also examined a work report by the society's 12th Central Committee and approved a draft amendment to the society's constitution.
Members of the Jiu San Society should improve their capabilities of participating in and deliberating on state affairs and bring their knowledge to the fore to create more ways to serve society, said a statement issued by the congress.
At the end of 1944, a number of progressive scholars organized the Forum on Democracy and Science, to strive for victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and political democracy. It was also organized to develop the anti-imperialist and patriotic spirit of the May 4 Movement of 1919.
In commemoration of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and in the world anti-fascist war on Sept. 3, 1945, it adopted the name Jiu San Society ("Jiu San" means Sept. 3 in Chinese).
On May 4, 1946, the Jiu San Society was formally founded in Chongqing.
By the end of June this year, the society had set up more than 5,200 grassroots organizations with more than 132,000 members, most of whom are senior and leading intellectuals in the fields of science and technology.
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