The annual sessions of China's top legislature and top advisory body are focusing on the implementation of the 11th five-year development program, a scientific approach to development, as well as the building of a new socialist countryside.
Report on the Work of the Government
Premier Wen Jiabao delivered the report on the work of the government at the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress on March 5, 2006. The full text is as follows:
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11th Five-Year Devel. Program
China's 11th Five-Year Program for Economic and Social Development reflects the country's new development strategy for the 2006-2010 period.

Concept of Scientific Development
Based on a "scientific concept of development," efforts will be intensified to save resources and protect the environment, while deepening reforms and opening wider to the outside world.

Innovation-oriented Society
China is aiming to improve its innovation capability and develope technologies with its own intellectual property to further spur the country's social and economic development.
Private Enterprises can Help Ease Rural Poverty

A new concept raised at this year's NPC and CPPCC is the building of new socialist countryside. It is not just a matter of certain group or certain people; it needs the efforts of the whole society.  -- Gao Tianle, CPPCC Member
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CPPCC Members Discuss Cultural Issues
CPPCC members have discussed and put forward proposals on a number of important cultural issues.
China's Development Brings Opportunities, Not Threat
As China's economy continues to soar, some people claim this rapid rise poses a threat to neighboring countries. However, alongside the "China threat theory", there is now developing an increasingly popular alternative point of view, that of "China as an opportunity".
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