Of the many promises in Premier Wen 
Jiabao's government work report, the most impressive is the vow "to create conditions for people to criticize and supervise the government".

While many in the international 
community are watching with anxiety to see if Washington moves to repair its ties with Beijing, a reckless decision by an American city is rubbing salt into the unhealed wound of the world's most important bilateral relations.

If a justifiable wealth distribution 
system epitomizes social justice and fairness, the government has much to do to improve the system.

Domestic media tend to interpret Clause 11 in the draft amendment to the Law on Election that will replace Article 33 of the existing legislation as a requirement for election organizers to expose candidates for national and local legislatures to their constituencies.

The message from Yi Gang, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, is noteworthy in that China's foreign exchange policy mainly aims to facilitate trade, cross-border investments and economic exchanges as the country opens up more to other nations.

Eruptions of social disorder and protests will trouble China this year as they did in recent years, but they will continue to be confined to several regions.

Food security has always been a vital issue for China. And given its population of 1.3 billion, it is even more important today. Most of the debates on the problem concentrate on whether the rate of increase of farm products can catch up with the country's population growth. And it seems to be the right focus.

When, in the 1960s, I started to talk about "paper recycling" to my students, I was seen as a Don Quixote by my peers.

China is the world's second largest energy consumer after the United States, and has one of the world's fastest growing energy sectors. While energy fuels economic growth and poverty reduction, inefficient energy use depletes resources at a faster rate and severely damages the environment.

The 2010 annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress has been held against a backdrop of initial economic recovery.