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Wen hears farmers' concerns on 11th Five-Year Plan
Elderly farmer Shi Fanding got what is likely the surprise of his life when he looked up from his weeding to see the premier of the world's most populous country reaching out to shake his hand.
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¡¤ Wen hears farmers' concerns on 11th Five-Year Plan
Elderly farmer Shi Fanding got what is likely the surprise of his life when he looked up from his weeding to see the premier of the world's most populous country
¡¤ China to pursue new growth model in years ahead: official
China will pursue a new model of economic growth in the coming years, as defined by the country's 11th five-year plan, a senior government official said here
¡¤ Top legislator urges local governments to make good start of new five-year plan
China's top legislator Wu Bangguourged local governments to make a good start in implementation of the new five-year plan during his recent visit to North China's
¡¤ Report on the Work of the Government (2006)
The following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Government delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress on March 5, 2006. p
¡¤ Premier Wen meets press
The Chinese mainland is keeping
¡¤ Top advisory body concludes annual session
China's top advisory body concluded its annual session here Monday morning after adopting a political resolution which calls on the nation to firmly oppose
¡¤ 4th Session of 10th CPPCC National Committee holds closing meeting
China's top advisory body held the closing meeting of its annual session on Monday morning, and a political resolution which urges nationwide efforts to
¡¤ Top advisory body concludes annual session, calling for fight against "Taiwan independence"
China's top advisory body concluded its annual session here Monday morning, after adopting apolitical resolution which calls on the nation to "resolutely
¡¤ Lawmakers submit 1,000 motions focusing on govt role, economy
Deputies and delegations to the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), or China's parliament, have put forward 1,006 motions on legislation during its fourth
¡¤ Political advisor calls for ban on dining on public funds
A Chinese political advisor has urged the introduction of a wining ban on civil servants across the country in their working hours as well as lunchtime of
¡¤ President Hu calls for stepping up army building
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday called on the Chinese army to enhance national defense and step up army building to safeguard national sovereignty,
¡¤ China reforms death penalty trials in 2006: top judge
To promote meticulosity in meting out capital punishment, top judge Xiao Yang said Saturday that Chinese courts will start from this year to open court
¡¤ China's NPC, CPPCC sessions attract world attention
The fortnight-long sessions of the10th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
¡¤ Legislature focuses supervision on workers' safety, environment
The Chinese legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, has saved people's lives through its law
¡¤ Top Chinese leaders join lawmakers in group discussions
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
¡¤ Chinese foreign minister meets press
Taiwan authorities take a dangerous step Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said here Tuesday that the Taiwan authorities have taken a "
¡¤ 4 obstacles hinder shift of economic growth mode: economist
There are four obstacles hindering the smooth shift of China's economic growth mode, a leading economist of the country said here on Tuesday. "
¡¤ Senior leaders join lawmakers in group discussions
President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao joined lawmakers and political advisors from all over the country in group discussions on
¡¤ China to severely punish academic falsification
China would take tough measures to severely punish academic falsifications, said Chinese Minister Xu Guanhua of Science and Technology on the sidelines of the
¡¤ China to raise grain output to 500 mln tons: 11th Five-Year Plan
China plans to increase its annual grain production capacity to approximately 500 million tons by 2010, a key target for the drive of building a new socialist
¡¤ China to raise trade volume in goods to $2.3 trillion
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhuanet) - China will increase its total volume of trade in goods and services to 2.3 trillion U.S. dollars and 400 billion dollars respectively by the year 2010,
¡¤ Political advisors take aim at fiscal misuse
Chinese political advisors have appealed for a clamp down on the misuse of government money as overspending is gobbling up too much tax payers' contribution.
¡¤ Key transport infrastructure projects for 2006-2010
The following are the key transport infrastructure projects China is set to build during the 2006-2010 period, listed in the draft guidelines of the five-year
¡¤ 1st national oil reserve facilities to operate at year end
China will put into operation its first national oil reserve facilities under construction in Zhenhai of eastern Zhejiang Province at the end of this year,
¡¤ Key projects for revitalizing equipment manufacturing industry
The following are the key projects for the revitalization of China's equipment manufacturing industry during the 2006-2010 period, listed in the draft
¡¤ President Hu underlines scientific concept of development
Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Sunday that the country must earnestly implement the scientific concept of development if it wants to attain various
¡¤ Premier Wen delivers govt work report
Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a report on the work of the government to the annual session of the national legislature that opened here Sunday morning.
¡¤ China accelerates pace of unifying corporate income tax
China is working on the unification of corporate income taxation for both domestic and overseas-funded companies and a bill will be tabled to the national
¡¤ Senior leaders underline scientific development
Top legislator Wu Bangguo on Sunday called for implementation of the new five-year development blueprint under the guidance of scientific development concept
¡¤ Ban proposed on exposure of students' scores, rankings
Top Chinese legislators are proposing a ban on schools' exposure of students' examination marks and rankings to lighten the burden on them. He
¡¤ Advisor urges legislation to ban kids from commercial advertising
A political advisor from central China's Hunan Province has called for a legislation against the "rampant involvement of children in commercial advertisements",
¡¤ Taiwan leader's play of words a dangerous step: spokesman
Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's recent decision to end the "National Unification Council" and cease the application of its guidelines is merely "word play" and
¡¤ Advisor optimistic about extradition of Lai Changxing
Lai Changxing, the leading suspect in China's most notorious smuggling case involving 10 billion U.S. dollars worth of smuggled goods now at large in Canada,
¡¤ Chinese legislator warns against property speculation
Hong Kezhu, a deputy to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, called for taking tough measures to stem
¡¤ China's legislature makes final preparations for annual session
A 176-member presidium for the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) was formed at a preparatory meeting Saturday morning, when the
¡¤ Blog sites opened for legislators, political advisors in China
Zhou Hongyu, a deputy to China's lawmaking National People's Congress (NPC), said Friday he felt something special about this year's NPC session, scheduled to
¡¤ Chen Shui-bian's move very risky: minister
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Friday denounced Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian for scrapping a policy-making council on unification with the mainland,
¡¤ Lawmakers warn against extravagant Olympics
Beijing should host a cost-efficient Olympics in 2008, some Chinese lawmakers noted ahead of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), the
¡¤ China's defence budget up 14.7% in 2006
China's defense budget for 2006 is expected to hit 283.8 billion yuan (about 35.1 billion U.S. dollars), 14.7 percent higher than last year, a spokesman with
¡¤ Lawmakers, advisors call for anti-monopoly legislation
Chinese lawmakers and political advisors have strongly questioned the arbitrary charges imposed by the monopoly sectors, such as civil aviation and railways, and have
¡¤ Sociologist calls for legalizing same-sex marriage
A famous Chinese sociologist said on Friday she will submit a proposal on same-sex marriage again to the annual session of the country's top political advisory
¡¤ CPPCC National Committee opens annual session
The Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body, convened its fourth annual full
¡¤ Beijing trip to focus on practical issues: Tsang
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang left for Beijing Thursday to attend the opening ceremony of the fourth
¡¤ CPC leadership attaches great importance to CPPCC: spokesman
The Communist Party of China (CPC)has always attached great importance to and showed concern for the development of the undertakings of the Chinese People's
¡¤ Nearly 15,000 police patrol Beijing streets as annual parliament session nears
Nearly 15,000 policemen in this Chinese capital will be patrolling the streets to ensure security during the upcoming "two sessions" period, when the country's
¡¤ Top advisory body fulfills bounden mission
As a top advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) played its due role to the country's central authorities in policy
¡¤ CPPCC adopts decision on study of CPC proposal
The Standing Committee of the National Committee of China's top advisory body passed Tuesday a decision on the study and implementation of a proposal by the
¡¤ Paper calls for creating new situation for CPPCC's performance
People's Daily, the leading newspaper in China, will carry on Thursday a commentary which calls for creating a new situation for the work of the the Chinese
¡¤ CPC calls for stronger performance of CPPCC
The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee issued Opinions of the CPC Central Committee on Strengthening the Work of Chinese
¡¤ CPPCC urged to contribute to sustainable development strategy
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has urged top advisors to contribute to the
¡¤ 20th session of Standing Committee of 10th National People's Congress closes
The 20th session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) closed here Tuesday after concluding all procedures as scheduled.
¡¤ 4th sessions of 10th NPC, CPPCC attract 2,000 journalists
Nearly 2,000 journalists from both home and abroad have applied for accreditation to cover the annual sessions of China's legislature and national advisory
Photos
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¡¤ Top Chinese leaders join lawmakers in group discussions 1
¡¤ Top leaders join in panel dicussion 2
¡¤ Top leaders join in panel dicussion
¡¤ Top leaders join lawmakers in dicussion
¡¤ Visitors in the Tian'anmen Square
¡¤ News conference of CPPCC
¡¤ NPC delegates arrive in Beijing
Opinions/Comments
¡¤ China vows to press ahead state-owned bank reforms, stressing state holding
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged Sunday that China will firmly press ahead with the shareholding reform of state-owned commercial banks, reiterating keeping
¡¤ Further efforts needed to ensure food security
Despite the remarkable achievement China has made in its grain production over the past years, greater output is still needed to ensure a secure food supply
¡¤ New five-year plan embodies opportunities, challenges
China's new five-year plan for national economic and social development between 2006 and 2010, to be ratified by the ongoing annual parliamentary session, has
¡¤ Lawmaker calls for legislation against domestic violence
A Chinese lawmaker called for legislation against domestic violence to protect the abused women under the umbrella of law at the ongoing annual session of the
¡¤ A changing Chinese legislature in the eyes of veteran deputies
With the motions submitted to China's top legislature increasingly touching hot and tricky issues, veteran legislators say they are seeing a dramatic
¡¤ Paper hails opening of NPC session
People's Daily, one of China's leading newspapers, will carry on Sunday an editorial which hails the opening of the Fourth Session of the 10th National People'
¡¤ Building new countryside, China's historic choice
Zang Min, a 43-year-old beekeeper, used to lead a merry life, but smiles are fading away from his face since he can hardly make a profit from his honey export
¡¤ People's Daily hails opening of CPPCC Session
People's Daily, the leading newspaper in China, will carry on Friday an editorial which hails the opening of the Fourth Session of the 10th National Committee
¡¤ CPPCC members need to be more active: People's Daily
People's Daily, the leading newspaper in China, on Wednesday carried a commentary criticizing some members of the CPPCC for being as not very active and useful,
Backgrounder
¡¤ Facts and figures: China's main targets for 2006-2010
The following are the main targets China sets for the 2006-2010 period, listed in the draft guidelines of the five-year development blueprint being deliberated
¡¤ CPPCC annual national session to open on March 3
The fourth session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will be held in Beijing on March 3, the
¡¤ Buildup of CPPCC National Committee
Buildup of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is as follows: At present, the CPPCC
¡¤ Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
The Fourth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is scheduled to open in Beijing on March 3
¡¤ National People's Congress (NPC) and its Standing Committee
The people's congress system is the fundamental political system of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the organizational form of the state power of the people's democratic dictatorship in
¡¤ NPC motions and CPPCC proposals
There is a substantial difference between motions submitted to a session of the National People's Congress (NPC) and proposals to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political

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