China's top legislature ends its annual session

The Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress holds its closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 14, 2010.(Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

Wu Bangguo, Chinese Top legislator, said, "The amendment to the Electoral Law, which grants equal representation in legislative bodies to rural and urban people, is of great significance to the improvement of the people's congress system, and the development of the socialist democracy, as it will better demonstrate equality among people, regions, and ethnic groups."

While delivering the closing speech, top legislator Wu Bangguo said lawmakers at this session offered good suggestions and proposals on accelerating the transformation of the economic growth pattern, a task topping the national agenda this year.

The Government Work Report by Premier Wen Jiabao has sets an 8 percent economic growth target for 2010.

Wu Bangguo, Chinese Top legislator, said, "We all agree that accelerating the transformation of the economic growth pattern is the most important task for our country. It's a significant revolution for China's economy. And it is related to the Opening-Up Policy, as well as the construction of modernized Chinese socialism."

Nearly three-thousand NPC deputies also have approved the passage of this year's and 2009's plans for the development of the national economy along with social progress and the implementation of last year's and 2010's central and local budgets.

The NPC Standing Committee's Work Report, as well as those of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, have also been approved.