Premier Wen meets press after NPC session closes

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BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that China never sees its development as "a model".

All countries can have their own development paths which are suitable for their own national conditions and "we respect the choice of their people."Full story

No easy task to achieve high-quality, efficient 7-pct growth: Premier

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday that it is not easy to achieve a high-quality and efficient annual growth rate of seven percent during the 2011-2015 period.

Given China's increasingly large economic aggregate and the need to raise the quality and efficiency of growth, "a seven-percent growth rate is not a low target," Wen told a press conference after the conclusion of the annual parliamentary session.Full story

Premier: Any comparison between China and north African countries not right

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that China is concerned about the situation in west Asia and north Africa, and any comparison between China and those countries is not right.Full story

Premier: Welfare apartments key measure to curb housing prices in China

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China will focus on building more and better welfare apartments to curb the runaway housing prices, Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday.

"Speeding up the construction of welfare apartments is a key measure to curb housing prices. It will cut demand and help solve the problem of the real estate market," he said. Full story

Premier: Political restructuring to be pushed forward in orderly way under Party leadership

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that political restructuring should be pushed forward in an orderly way under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and with a stable and harmonious social conditions. Full story

Premier: China to put cultural reform, development at important place

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that China will put cultural reform and development at an important place in the coming five years, and a quite long period of time after that. Full story

Premier: local governments to be held accountable for curbing housing prices

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- "It is of uttermost importance to ensure the implementation of policies aimed at curbing housing prices," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told a press conference after the conclusion of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. Full story

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will make every effort to cope with the rising employment pressure after the country has decided to lower its annual economic growth target to seven percent for the next five years, Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday.

"I think this poses a great test to the government, but we have the determination that we will ease the pressure successfully," Wen told a press conference after the conclusion of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.Full story

12th Five-Year Plan not to replace HK's own development plan

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday the central government's 12th Five-Year Plan will in no way replace Hong Kong's own development plan. Full story

Premier: China to increase flexibility of RMB exchange rate

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that China would continue to gradually increase the flexibility of its exchange rate while taking into consideration the pressure on enterprises and employment which is important to social stability.Full story

China to raise minimum purchase prices for farm products to bridge rural-urban income gap: Wen

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China would continue to raise the minimum purchase prices for farm products this year, in a bid to bridge the yawning rural-urban income gap, Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday.

The minimum purchase prices for farm produce were raised 20 percent to 40 percent in the past few years, Wen told a press conference after the conclusion of the annual parliamentary session. Full story

Premier Wen stresses reform of government officials' evaluation criteria

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- 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.

"The biggest difficulties in restructuring the economy involve innovation mechanism and officials evaluation criteria," Wen told a press conference after the conclusion the annual parliamentary session. Full story