Lawmakers deliberate reports at bimonthly session
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Chinese lawmakers Thursday discussed a series of reports on state grain safety and the implementation of the central budget, among others, which underlined both people's livelihoods and economic growth in the second half of the year.
In the second half, the government intends on "focusing on disaster relief in order to ensure the harvest, boost consumption capacity to keep a steady increase of domestic demands and strengthen inflation management to maintain prices..." said Zhang Ping, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, in his report on the implementation of the national economic and social development plan.
Zhang delivered the report Thursday to the 16th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), a bimonthly session running from Aug. 23 to Aug. 28.
The government would also make greater efforts in emission reductions, speeding up the transformation of the economic growth mode and guaranteeing more public resources be devoted to improving people's livelihoods, according to the report.
China's GDP grew 11.1 percent in the first half year on year, Zhang added.
In a report on state grain safety, Zhang cited various problems such as a "widening gap between output and demand, limited water and land resources, inadequate water project infrastructures and weak technical support," among others.
Zhang said the country will strengthen policy and technical support for grain products, protect cultivated land and water resources and improve adjustments for the grain market in order to build a grain safety system with high efficiency and ample storage.
On behalf of the State Council, or Cabinet, Minister of Finance Xie Xuren also delivered a report on the implementation of the central budget during the first seven months of 2010.
