New media became an increasingly important tool during the two sessions, allowing Shanghai residents to keep abreast of the latest information from the gatherings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
The Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is seeking breakthroughs in the creation of an unprecedented cross-border economic cooperation zone with Vietnam in the next five years, its chairman, Ma Biao, has said.
Highlighting reform as the "eternal theme" through history, Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged that China will forge ahead with political and economic restructuring to fill the country with vitality.
Meeting the economic growth target in China over the next five years will not be easy, and the government's focus will be on transforming the development pattern, Premier Wen Jiabao told a news conference on Monday.
China is still trying to find a suitable way for its reform and development, and the country never thinks of its development as a model, Premier Wen Jiabao told a press conference Monday.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday called for the reform of evaluation criteria of government officials' performance, so as to change their GDP-obsessed mentality and boost the country's economic restructuring.
