Sound Bites

"Every citizen should care about politics and have the consciousness of responsibility as well as love for our compatriots. And a monk should, also."

SHI MINGSHENG, NPC deputy and abbot of the Guangxiao Temple in Guangzhou, Guangdong province

"In China, some 30 percent of young urbanites live off their parents, and more than 65 percent of urban families face the problem of NEET (not currently engaged in education, employment or training )."