Quotable

The International Olympic Committee delegation visit will deepen Beijing's understanding of how to organize a successful 2022 Winter Games and lay good foundations for the organizing committee's work over the next seven years."

Wang Anshun, mayor of Beijing, as a 12-member IOC delegation attended an orientation seminar.

"Apart from the growth rate, we are concerned about other indicators, including job creation, household income and pricing."

Xu Shaoshi, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission.

"The pro-natalist policies seem to have only modest effects on the number of births."

Victor Gaspar, an International Monetary Fund economist, commenting on the announcement that all Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children.

(China Daily European Weekly 11/06/2015 page3)