Although the commercialization of the cultural industries brings with it the growth of related industries, neither commercialization nor broadening will produce the creativity that China needs.
Several energy and environment articles covered the switch in Beijing from coal to gas burning power plants, the monitoring of PM2.5 pollution and the expansion of China's nuclear energy program.
A leading member of the influential advisory body said the number of women deputies in the NPC has stagnated for decades and women need greater representation, says an article in the Irish Times.
The People's Bank of China promised to reduce State control over China's interest rates and currency markets to allow market forces to have a bigger play, says an article on reuters.com.
A reduction in the number of government leaders among the National People's Congress deputies would make a big difference to its fulfilling its role as the country's top body supervising the government.
To actively participate in multilateral affairs and global economic governance is one of the Chinese government's top priorities this year.
China needs to make overall arrangements from the top level to promote economic reforms to cross the "deep water", said Li Yining.
For the first time in modern history, Asia's defense spending will exceed Europe's this year, according to the "Military Balance 2012" report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Premier Wen Jiabao's 2012 Government Work Report, which opened the National People's Congress sessions, exuded confidence in both its delivery and content. It linked China's past to a confident future.
For the second year in a row, social security topped netizens' concerns ahead of the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consulative Conference.
Contemporary Chinese movie makers have much more money than those of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, but no heart: their movies are not grounded in the Chinese people's lives and traditions.
The heavier-than-ever brake China will put on this year's economy attests to its greater determination to bid farewell to the past GDP-dominated economic model.