Sound Bites

"I am particularly interested in the NPC proposals because more deputies are from the grassroots compared with the years before. I am impressed that discussions have covered many human-interest issues, such as the rise in CPI, housing prices, medical services and insurance.

"Our government is very pragmatic. I am happy with it. But we also need to pay more attention to how the new policies and bills will be implemented after the NPC and the CPPCC."

Zhang Yaxing