"Don't deem women officials as eccentric people. I feel nowadays the outside world has given too many negative labels to women officials."

Lu Xiwen, head of the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC and a woman delegate to the Party congress

"Only when we keep people's interests in mind and do more real things to benefit them can we get their acknowledgment. They have a scale to measure what you have done."

Wang Mingjun, Party secretary of Shangwang village in Shandong province and a congress delegate

"Foreign friends often ask me why China can make miracles. I answer that because we've been through so much, we can avoid self-inflicted setbacks."

Yang Baofeng, president of Harbin Medical University and a congress delegate

"We need magnanimity and courage to learn people's true opinions and hear their different voices from the Internet. We should be able to learn from the Internet and get prepared to receive criticisms and complaints."

Cai Qi, Organization Department head of CPC's Zhejiang Provincial Committee