President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo and Vice President Zeng Qinghong on Tuesday joined panel
discussions with the country's lawmakers and political advisors on
state issues.
Deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top
legislature, and members of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top
advisory body, are?in Beijing?to attend the annual full
sessions of the two organs.
CPPCC National Committee Chairman Jia Qinglin also participated
in such discussions.
They are all in the nine-member Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee, the top decision-making body of the ruling party.
Discussing with advisors from central China's Hunan Province, Hu stressed the government
should strengthen the support to agriculture, focus on steadily
increasing the income of farmers, and make great efforts to build
new countryside.
The president said China must combine energy-saving and
environmental protection in the course of building a harmonious
society which in the meantime requires political and economic
improvement.
"We should always give top priority to and properly resolve
issues related to the concerns of the public," Hu said.
While joining Shanghai lawmakers in a group discussion Tuesday
morning, Wu Bangguo said the municipality should improve the
conduct of officials and promote a sound and clean official
atmosphere.
"Officials in Shanghai are generally good," said Wu, adding that
the financial hub plays an indispensable role in China's economic
development, and that it should boost scientific innovation and
accelerate economic restructuring.
While talking with lawmakers from Hong Kong and Macao, Jia Qinglin spoke highly of the work of the
governments of the two special administrative regions and said the
central authorities will strictly follow the Basic Law of the two
regions.
Joining discussions with deputies from the prosperous Jiangsu Province in east China, Zeng Qinghong
called for the ethical improvement of government work and the
promotion of thrifty and clean lifestyle.
Vice President Zeng Qinhong (R) shakes
hands with a deputy during the panel discussion of the deputies
from east China's Jiangsu Province to the Fifth Session of the
Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 6,
2007.
Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands
with a deputy during the panel discussion of the deputies from
northwest China's Gansu Province to the Fifth Session of the Tenth
National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 6,
2007.
Li Changchun (L), member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party
of China Central Committee, shakes hands with a deputy while
attending the panel discussion of the deputies from south China's
Guangdong Province to the Fifth Session of the Tenth National
People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 6, 2007.
Wu Guanzheng (L), member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party
of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Central Commission
for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, shakes hands with a deputy
during the panel discussion of the deputies from east China's
Shandong Province to the Fifth Session of the Tenth National
People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 6, 2007.
Luo Gan (C, back), member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party
of China Central Committee, speaks during the panel discussion of
the deputies from southeast China's Fujian Province to the Fifth
Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing,
March 6, 2007.
(Xinhua News Agency March 7, 2007)
