BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are some quotable quotesabout the annual full sessions of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and the top advisory body, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing on Tuesday:

     ¡¡"Formulating this Anti-Secession Law is both necessary and timely."

    "After the country is reunified peacefully, Taiwan may practicesystems different from those on the mainland and enjoy a high degree of autonomy."

    "Using non-peaceful means to stop secession in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity would be our last resort when all our efforts for a peaceful reunification should prove futile."

    --- Wang Zhaoguo, vice-chairman of NPC's Standing Committee, made explanations Tuesday on the draft Anti-Secession Law.     

    "The Anti-Secession Law will provide a powerful legal weapon for opposing and checking the secessionist activities of the 'Taiwan independence' forces."

    --- Feng Henggao, an NPC deputy from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.     

    "It's an international convention for a nation to oppose secessionist activities and safeguard its national sovereignty andterritorial integrity through legislation."

    -- Xia Jiajun, a member of the CPPCC National Committee and professor of the law.     

    "It's improper for hospitals and pharmaceutical enterprises to put up ads at the patients' expenses."

    -- Vice-Minister of Health Gao Qiang proposes China should ban medical advertisements.     

    "The GDP figures I received from various provincial governmentswere 2.66 trillion yuan (320 billion US dollars) more, or 3.9 percentage points higher, than the counting of my bureau."

    -- Li Deshui, director of the National Statistics Bureau, baffles local overstatements in GDP growth.     

    "It's unfair that an employee is deemed as a criminal if he illegally takes 20,000 yuan (about 2,410 US dollars) of corporate property as his own under existing laws and regulations, but companies are free and unchecked from legal accountabilities even when they default on the payment of millions or even tens of millions of yuan of wages."

    -- Fang Chaogui, a deputy to the National People's Congress, who insists that defaulting wage payment should be incriminated. Enditem