UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- China will unswervingly stick to the road of peaceful development, top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo said here Wednesday.

    "China has been and will always be a positive factor and staunch force in safeguarding world peace and promoting common development, " Wu said in a speech delivered at the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments at the headquarters of the United Nations.

    Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, is among parliament speakers from more than 150 countries and regional parliamentary organizations attending the three-day conference, which opened here Wednesday.

    "The Chinese is a peace-loving nation and China is a responsible member of the international community," Wu said. "We focus on economic development, persist in reform and opening up, continue to improve people's living standards, and strive to builda harmonious socialist society," Wu said. Enditem