¡¡¡¡MACAO, March 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The first session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), which opens in Beijing Wednesday,bears great historic importance as a grand political event, Macao Daily News said in an editorial Wednesday.

¡¡¡¡The most influential newspaper of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) said that new leaders of the state will come out in line with legal procedures to ensure smooth development of China'smodernization drive.

¡¡¡¡Seventy percent of the delegates to the 10th NPC are "new faces," including many young people with intellectual backgrounds, reflecting fundamental changes in the country's economic and social structures, the paper noted.

¡¡¡¡The delegates involve "active elements of various kinds" and will strengthen unity among our different nationalities and enhance democracy in making decisions, it said.

¡¡¡¡The NPC session will carry forward a series of policies set by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Macao Daily News said, adding that the country now boasts "sound conditions" to build a well-off society.

¡¡¡¡And the paper also pointed out serious problems faced by China,such as the widening gap between the rich and poor, urban and rural unemployment and sprawling corruption, which will also be discussed at the session. Enditem