Sound Bites

(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-09 07:25

It is not rational that the whole country embroils itself in stock trading. The stockmarket has big risks, which have to be taken by investors.

Wu Jinglian

Researcher at State Department Development Research Center and a CPPCC member

There are10 issues on this year's agenda for the local government, and most important are employment, education, healthcare service and social security.

Xu Guangchun

Party Secretary of Henan Province and an NPC deputy

Reform of the healthcare system is very difficult because of a deficiency in leadership mechanism. As it stands, there are a dozen government agencies participating in the supervision of the industry.

Shao Yiming

Expert at Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a CPPCC member

The Olympic song is a song of the people, of the world. When the torch for the 2008 Olympics is lit and the Olympic song sung, it should have a resounding impact.

Li Shuangjiang

Singer and a CPPCC member

Building the new countryside should not be limited to whitewashing the houses, paving the main street, building a town square or planting a few trees. These are only formalities.

Zhang Chengqi

Director of Hebei Auditing Bureau and an NPC deputy

We should not busy ourselves with building new houses. Whatever can be remodeled can be put to use. Our money and energy should be devoted to production first and foremost. Once farmers have more money, everything will improve.

Aruhan

Party secretary of Guoer Luosi Mongolian Autonomous County, Jilin Province, and an NPC deputy

A lot of children gifted in music are rejected by our arts institutes either because the tuition is too high or their scores for other courses are not high enough. I implore, in the name of art, that these kids get more opportunities to foster their genius.

Zongyong Zhuoma

Actress and a CPPCC member

China's first man-made lunar satellite has already finished its phase of R&D and manufacturing, and it's ready to go. And the rocket used for its launch is also in testing phase.

Luan Enjie

General director of China's moon trek project and a CPPCC member

In my opinion, people's livelihood is what politics is all about. In the eyes of ordinary people, the issues are what to eat, what to wear, how to get education and medical service, and so forth.

Fang Xiaofang

Party Secretary of Deyang, Sichuan Province, an NPC deputy

A dog on leash that guards the door, and two elderly inhabit the house. This is a doggerel that depicts the phenomenon we call "villages with no laborers", as the young have left home to seek jobs.

Who will build the new countryside?

Liang Jian

A CPPCC member from Ningxia

(China Daily 03/09/2007 page7)