Chinese Premier, Keqiang, listened to representatives from China's science, education, culture, medicine and sports sectors as well as the public at large in a forum as he prepared the draft of a government work report.
The forum with the premier last Friday was attended by a total of ten representatives who expressed their views on the government's achievements in 2013 and presented their suggestions to improve the work report. Included in the forum were hybrid rice researcher Yuan Longping, writer FengJicai, actor Li Xuejian and Lin Dan, a badminton star who represented the sports sector. Representatives from universities, hospitals and bookstores were also speakers in the forum according to the circular.
Li said during the forum that the goal of the country's development efforts is to serve the people's material and cultural needs, According to a circular published yesterday. He added that the country's development will not be comprehensive and sustainable without progress in science, education, culture, health and sports. After hearing the opinions voiced out by a university student entrepreneur Li who said that programs should be formulated by the government to support new businesses by university students and graduates.
In answer to the sentiments voiced out by a farmer from central China's Hunan Province and a migrant worker in east China's Jiangsu Province, Li said that the Party and the government will both pay unwavering attention to alleviating their situation and that the comments of the representatives will be considered in improving the draft. In the same forum Li urged all the departments of the government at all levels to improve the quality of their work accordingly.
Li expressed his appreciation to the forum representatives and extended his greetings to those present for the upcoming Chinese lunar New Year.