Goals a guide to proper progress

Former US ambassador sees China's target setting as distinct advantage

Former United States ambassador J. Stapleton Roy said he believes the two sessions will cover the key issues that China faces, particularly the domestic economic situation.

"I think all of the major issues that China is facing will come up in some fashion," Roy, the US ambassador to China from 1991 to 1995, said before the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress.