Premier Wen Jiabao talks to a student in an elementary school in Beijing's Shijingshan District on September 9, 2003. The premier extended his warm regards to teachers there just ahead of the Teachers' Day, which falls on September 10, 2003. Wen said the State Council has set a five-year goal of enabling the vast majority of school-age children to have nine years of compulsory education by 2007. [Xinhua]
 
 
 

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