The National People's Congress, China's Parliament, endorsed Premier Wen Jiabao's work report and the country's 11th Five-Year Plan on Tuesday, which enshrined the country's new economic policies of relying on rural development and sci-tech progress.
The government work report and the Five-Year Plan projected an 8 percent growth rate for 2006, and 7.5 percent for the next five years on the basis of reduced energy consumption and pollution discharge.
The Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) holds its closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), presides over the closing meeting of the Fourth Session of the Tenth NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L front), Wu Bangguo (R front), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L back) walk together into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
The Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) holds its closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People March 14,2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) have group photos taken at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
A deputy to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) speaks to reporters in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
Deputies to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) walk to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
