Premier Wen Jiabao meets press Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met the press at the end of the closing meeting of the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature Friday morning in Beijing. Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee The following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which was delivered by Chairman Wu Bangguo of the NPC Standing Committee. World media: two sessions deliver China's confidence World media spoke highly of Premier Wen Jiabao's remarks Friday at a press conference and policies China has adopted to battle the economic crisis, saying the two just-concluded political sessions delivered "China's confidence." • Special: NPC, CPPCC annual sessions 2009 Premier: China ready to roll out new stimulus package if needed Review: NPC & CPPCC Sessions 2009 Top legislature ends annual session CPPCC concludes annual session more stories Sessions in Progress Leaders' Remarks · Review of 2009 NPC, CPPCC Sessions · China's top legislature ends annual session, calling for unison actions to combat crisis · China's top legislature to end annual session · NPC held group interview on culture industry · China's top legislature to conclude annual session · China's cabinet urges thorough implementation of gov't work report · Highlights of Premier Wen's remarks at March 13 press conference · Work safety situation in coal-rich China province still grim: governor · President Hu calls for "mighty" support from armed forces for national interests, social stability · Chinese lawmakers urge amplified anti-corruption efforts to maintain social stability Economy Voices · Chinese lawmakers disagree on courts' leniency towards enterprises in distress · Poor irrigation facilities threaten China's grain production, lawmakers warn · Shanghai World Expo considers pavilions for China private enterprises · Advisor: Financial crisis not to affect success of 2010 Shanghai Expo · China political advisor: Boosting consumer spending should be long-term strategy · Hospital plan to aid Chinese grassroots · Tibet to step up legislation, law enforcement to fight splittism · Chinese legislator proposes 1,000-yuan banknotes · China's central bank prepares for pilot trade settlement in yuan · Chinese political advisor proposes Internet Law

Video   Premier Wen Jiabao meets press China's top legislator Wu bangguo presents work report Premier Wen delivers gov't work report Chinese FM meets journalists Agenda   Presidium, agenda set for China's parliamentary session Agenda of Second Session of 11th National People's Congress Leaders' highlights   Hu Jintao Wu Bangguo Wen Jiabao Jia Qinglin Li Changchun Xi Jinping Li Keqiang He Guoqiang Zhou Yongkang Government Work Reports

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Comments & Opinions Press Conference · Chinese public see progress from tough debate in "two sessions" · World media: two sessions deliver "China's confidence" · Outcome of China's NPC session gesture of confidence, prudence · World media praise Chinese political sessions as "breath of fresh air" · Chinese Canadian community leaders: China's politics increasingly open · Premier Wen Jiabao meets press · Ministry: China to seek return of looted relics through "all necessary means" · Officials brief on boosting domestic demand · CPPCC holds press conference on World Expo 2010 Shanghai · Chinese FM Yang Jiechi on foreign policies Documents Sidelights · Full Text: Work report of NPC Standing Committee · Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government · Full Text: Report on China's economic, social development plan · Full Text: Report on China's central, local budgets · Full text of China's 2008 statistical communiqué of economic, social development · Liu Xiang anxious about CPPCC debut · Better late than never, Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang debuts on political stage · Navy lawmaker: Violation of China's sovereignty not allowed · Top Tibet official: Lhasa stable, troops in normal state · Central bank official: China has room to further cut interest rates

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