What they say

Li Shouzhen, CPPCC National Committee member and senior official of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions

During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday this year, up to 6.15 million Chinese outbound tourists spent around 100 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) abroad. The average consumption per capita was 3.5 times than by tourists from other countries. Even though China is the world's second-largest economy and its annual output of 220 kinds of industrial products ranks first globally, the fact that this huge amount of consumption landed in other countries during such a short period shows the awkward position of China's manufacturing industry, which is "big but not strong enough". It's urgent for the country to cultivate high-quality workers and industries.

Yang Yuanqing,