President Hu
Jintao, top legislator Wu
Bangguo and Premier Wen
Jiabao joined lawmakers from all over the country in group
discussions on Wednesday, calling for hard work to boost economic
and social development and build a harmonious society.
The 10th National People's Congress (NPC),?
the Chinese legislature, is holding its annual full session in
Beijing, bringing together more than 2,900 lawmakers.
"We shall seize opportunities to readjust economic structure and
change the mode of economic growth to improve economic efficiency,"
Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC), said while exchanging views with
NPC deputies from
Heilongjiang Province, an old industrial base in the
northeast.
Hu said it is imperative to build an industrial structure with
the high-tech sector acting as a leading driving force, where the
traditional manufacturing and tertiary sectors should enjoy overall
development.
During the discussions with legislators from
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the
10th NPC Standing Committee, said that to build a new countryside
is a task of historical significance. "We shall make all efforts to
increase rural people's income," Wu said.
"We shall carry out the policies of equality, unity, mutual
assistance and common prosperity in various ethnic groups," said
Premier Wen Jiabao in his discussions together with deputies from
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
"We will make it a priority to shore up the development of areas
inhabited by people of ethnic minorities," the premier said.
Vice President Zeng Qinghong, and senior Communist Party
officials Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan joined the
discussions of lawmakers from Sichuan, Henan, Hunan and Qinghai
provinces, talking about issues concerning countryside development,
anti-corruption, cultural development and social stability.
All of them are members of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
(Xinhua News Agency March 9, 2006)