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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a
government work report during the opening meeting of the First Session of
the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will explore to
integrate functions of small departments to found larger ones in the State
Council reform, said Premier Wen Jiabao here Wednesday.
The plan is to avoid "overlapping responsibilities" and
"powers not being matched by responsibilities," Wen said in his government work
report to the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress
(NPC). Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will give the world a
unique, well-run Olympic Games, said Premier Wen Jiabao here Wednesday.
"We will prepare for and organize the Games well,
strengthen cooperation with the international community and create an excellent
environment," said the Premier at the annual parliament session. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The attempts of "Taiwan
independence" secessionist forces to deny the reality that the Chinese mainland
and Taiwan belong to one and the same China and to undermine peace in the Taiwan
Straits are doomed to fail, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Wednesday.
Wen made the remarks while delivering a report on the work
of his cabinet at the opening meeting of the annual full session of the National
People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China plans to allocate
6.8-billion-yuan (951 million U.S. dollars) in its 2008 budget to build low-rent
houses for urban poor, Premier Wen Jiabao said here Wednesday.
The amount is 1.7 billion yuan (238 million U.S. dollars),
or 33 percent, more than last year, Wen said in his report to the First Session
of the 11th National People's Congress that opened at the Great Hall of the
People in central Beijing. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
promised here Wednesday the government will try to ensure all employees in the
country to have annual paid vacations.
"We will institute a system of annual paid vacations for
employees," said Wen in his report on government work to the First Session of
the 11th National People's Congress that began here Wednesday morning. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese government will
"severely" punish illegal employment while following a "vigorous" employment
policy, said Premier Wen Jiabao here Wednesday.
"We will improve the handling of labor disputes and
oversight for worker protection measures," he said in his report to the First
Session of the 11th National People's Congress opening here. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) - China has drawn up a
preliminary plan on the health care reform which will soon be publicized to
solicit opinions from the general public, Premier Wen Jiabao said here on
Wednesday.
The reform aims to maintain the "public service nature of
public medical and health care services," and set up a basic medical and health
care system to provide safe, effective, convenient and affordable service, said
Wen while delivering a government work report at the first session of the 11th
National People's Congress, the top legislature. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will establish a stock
market for growth enterprises this year, said Premier Wen Jiabao while
delivering a government work report here on Wednesday.
"We will establish a market for growth enterprises,
accelerate development of the bond market and steadily develop the futures
market," Wen said at the opening of the First Session of the 11th National
People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will continue deepening
reform of the banking industry this year, with focuses on the introduction of a
shareholding system in the Agriculture Bank of China and the reform of the China
Development Bank, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday.
"We will speed up reform of the financial system and
strengthen financial oversight," said Wen while delivering a government work
report at the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress, the top
legislature. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will stipulate or
update more than 7,700 national standards for the safety of food, drugs and
other consumer goods this year, as part of the efforts to ensure product quality
and safety, Premier Wen Jiabao said here Wednesday.
"It is imperative that the people feel confident about the
safety of food and other consumer goods and that our exports have a good
reputation," said Wen while delivering a report on the workof his cabinet at the
opening meeting of the annual full session of the National People's Congress
(NPC), China's top legislature. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China is to follow a tight
monetary policy to address the still-unsolved problem of excessive liquidity,
and in the meantime, the government also pledges to add another several hundred
billion yuan in additional funds to boost agriculture, education, medicare and
strengthen the nation's social safety net.
Addressing the First Session of the 11th National People's
Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao said in his government work report that the
decision to follow a tight monetary policy is based on "the strong possibility
of a resurgence in fixed asset investment, continued excessive supplies of money
and credit, the still-unsolved problem of excess liquidity, and considerable
inflationary pressure." Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) - In an effort to control the
surging inflation rates, especially soaring food prices, and maintain social
stability, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told governments at all levels here
Wednesday to provide a steady and adequate food supply to the country's 1.3
billion population.
China will "adhere to the system of provincial governors
assuming responsibility for the 'rice bag' (grain supply) program and city
mayors for the 'vegetable basket' (non-staple food supply) program," Wen told
the nearly 3,000 deputies to the National People's Congress in his government
work report. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Facing huge pressure of
unemployment in the country, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Wednesday that
the government will work to create 10 million jobs this year and try to keep
registered urban unemployment rate at around 4.5 percent.
"Providing adequate employment opportunities in
China, which has the largest population in the world, is a daunting
challenge,"Wen said in his government work report delivered at the opening
meeting of the top legislature's annual full session.Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China has set the target of
keeping this year's CPI at around 4.8 percent, given the inflationary pressure
and strong influence from last year, Premier Wen Jiabao said at the annual
parliament session on Wednesday.
The primary task for macroeconomic regulation this year is
to prevent fast economic growth from becoming overheated growth and keep
structural price increases from turning into significant inflation, Wen said in
his report to the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress opening
on Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China targets an
eight-percent GDP growth this year on the basis of energy conservation and
emission reduction, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday.
"On the basis of improving the economic structure,
productivity, energy efficiency and environmental protection, the GDP should
grow by about eight percent," Wen said in his report to the First Session of the
11th National People's Congress opening here on Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
admitted on Wednesday the country is facing "increasing inflationary pressures"
and its task of holding down inflation is "difficult."
"The current price hikes and increasing inflationary
pressures are the biggest concern of the people," Wen said in his report to the
First Session of the 11th National People's Congress opening here on
Wednesday. Full story
