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Tianjin’s top legislature ends its annual session


Updated: 2010-01-22 17:17
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The Third Session of the 15th Tianjin Municipal People's Congress, the municipality's top legislature, ended yesterday morning.

Legislators approved work reports of the municipal government, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal Supreme Court and the Municipal People's Procuratorate.

Tianjin’s top legislature ends its annual session

The Third Session of the 15th Tianjin Municipal People's Congress ended yesterday morning.

Legislators also approved the Execution Report on the 2009 Municipal Economic and Social Development Plan, the 2010 Municipal Economic and Social Development Plan, the Execution Report on the 2009 Municipal Budget, the Municipal Budget for 2010.

Tianjin’s chief legislator Liu Shengyu, said it has fulfilled all the targets set at the last session under the leadership of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the CPC despite the financial crisis.

The municipality’s GDP grew by 16.5 percent over the past year, much higher than the national level of 8.7 percent, according to the Tianjin Municipal Development and Reform Commission.

By Guo Changdong