In his discussion with NPC deputies from Beijing, top political advisor Jia Qinglin called for greater efforts to build the Zhongguancun area in Beijing into a global innovation center and high-tech industry base.

Being China's capital, Beijing must strengthen and make innovations in social management, enhance risk-averse capability and implement measures and policies concerning social stability, Jia said.

Beijing must also work to meet the people's needs in employment, health care, education, housing, and other areas, while perfecting a public social service system, added Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the top political advisory body.

When joining NPC deputies from the southwestern Sichuan Province in a panel discussion, Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that he "fully agreed with" the government work report delivered by Premier Wen.

Li praised the achievements made by Sichuan in pushing forward good and fast economic and social development in the process of combatting the disastrous Wenchuan earthquake and confronting the global financial crisis.

The great work of earthquake rescue and post-disaster reconstruction added a miracle to the human history of disaster relief, said Li.

He hoped that the province would be able to develop its economy by depending more on internal growth and innovation as quickly as possible so as to help transform China from a big economy to a strong one.

At a panel discussion with the Shanghai delegation, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said that Shanghai should accelerate economic restructuring and strive to become a leading economic zone for strategic and new industries.

Xi urged the municipality to boost regional cooperation and bolster the sound growth of the entire Yangtze River delta.

Further, Xi called for greater efforts in utilizing the world's best practices and experiences which the city had gained during the Shanghai World Expo in terms of urban management.