BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese legislators
Sunday approved Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report
after their demand the government improve its style of
work had been incorporated into the final version of the
report.
A resolution on the Report of the Work of the Government
was adopted at Sunday's closing meeting of the Second Session
of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), which began
on March 5.
The State Council, or the cabinet, headed by Premier
Wen, has made 19 amendments to the report after repeated
deliberations of the views and proposals of lawmakers and
government advisors, according to the resolution.
On the self-improvement of the government, a full sentence
is added: the government must improve its style of work,
cut the number of meetings and documents, and spend more
time and energy in field investigations and researches at
the grass-root level.
The other major amendments include wordings on land expropriation
and compensation, the former revolutionary areas, development
and protection of maritime resources, and the spread of
scientific knowledge.
Also at the meeting, NPC deputies voted to endorse the
national economic and social development plan, the budget
report, the work report of the NPC Standing Committee, the
work report of the Supreme People's Court and the work report
of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.