Premier Wen Jiabao said that China would have no letup in its efforts of macro economic control, which has contributed to the country's steady and rapid economic growth and stabilization of market prices over the past year.

"The top priority for the government is to further strengthen and improve macro-regulative policy and measures in order to maintain a steady and fairly rapid economic growth," said Wen at a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual full session of the top Chinese legislature, which just concluded here Monday morning.

"We mustn't stop and we must waste our previous efforts," Wen stressed.

Citing problems such as greater difficulties in raising grain output and farmers' income and a serious strain of energy supply and transportation capacity, Wen conceded that China is now faced with "many dilemmas" in its "overstretched" economy.

He pointed out that these problems were actually problems with the economic growth mode and institutional problems, and therefore would "take time to be addressed".

He also promised that his government would "give different treatment to different situations" in its macro-control efforts, adding that "we must take both administrative and economic means to achieve macro-regulative objectives".

Anti-Secession Law to advance cross-Straits ties

Premier Wen said that the Anti-Secession law has been made to strengthen and advance ties across the Taiwan Straits, instead of being a war mobilization order.

The Anti-Secession Law aims to strengthen and advance relations across the Taiwan Straits and aims at maintaining peace.

It does not target the Taiwan compatriots, nor is it a law on war against Taiwan, he said, adding that the law states clearly it aims to promote exchanges between the people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, encourage and facilitate economic cooperation, thethree "direct links", as well as exchanges in various fields including education, science and technology and culture.

Farmers' autonomy to manage land never changes

Chinese farmers' rights to manageand use their land will not change in the long run, or "forever", said Wen.

According to him, China's reform started in rural areas, to be more specific, from readjusting the right to "manage and use land",and a household contract responsibility system for farm production was established in the late 1970s, allowing farmers to utilize their land in due course.

"Their rights have been continuously extended," said Wen, reaffirming that rural land is under collective ownership in China.

Plan for more flexible exchange rate

On the question concerning yuan's rate, the Premier said that China is working on plan for a more flexible exchange rate of its currency, but the specific measures might come out in an unexpected manner.