Government and Policy

Quotes from Premier Wen's online chat

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-27 14:16

BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold an online chat with Internet users Sunday via the websites of the central government (www.gov.cn) and Xinhua News Agency (www.news.cn).

The following are some eye-catching remarks of Wen while answering  questions raised by netizens from home and overseas:

-- I only have two years left for my tenure of office. I think the work in the two years will be not at all easier than that in the previous eight years, but will be much tougher instead.

-- Speaking of happiness, I want to make people live in a comfortable, reassured way, feel at ease and have confidence in the future.

-- A man (Wen himself) who pays high attention to prices every day will not allow prices to keep soaring without curbing.

-- The whole world is talking about China's rise, and what the people talk about most is (China's) GDP. But I think China's rise lies in talents and education.

-- I want to tell real estate developers: I haven't investigated the  profits of every one of you, but I think you real estate developers, as a member of the society, should do your own bits for the society. You should have morality running in your veins.

-- When we evaluate an official's performance, the yardstick should be whether the public are happy or not, dissatisfied or not, but not high-rise buildings and projects.

-- I always say we should not only make the cake of social wealth as big as possible, but also distribute the cake in a fair way and let everyone enjoy the fruits of reform and opening up.