Premier Wen to meet reporters Tuesday morning

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Special Report: NPC, CPPCC Annual Sessions 2008

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Wen Jiabao after Wen was approved to be premier of China's State Council according to the result of a secret ballot by legislators during the sixth plenary meeting of the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 16, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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    BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will hold a press conference on Tuesday morning, following the conclusion of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature.

    The China National Radio (CNR), China Central Television (CCTV) and China Radio International (CRI) will live broadcast the press conference to be held in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing, a spokesman for the NPC session said on Sunday.

    The country's major news websites, including www.xinhuanet.com run by the Xinhua News Agency and www.people.com.cn run by the People's Daily, will also cover the press conference, the spokesman said.

    Wen, 65, was reappointed Chinese premier for another five-year term at the First Session of the 11th NPC on Sunday.

    The annual session of the 11th NPC, with participation of nearly 3,000 deputies or legislators, opened on March 5.

 

Wen Jiabao approved by parliament to be Chinese premier

    BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Wen Jiabao was approved to be premier of China's State Council here Sunday morning, according to the result of a secret ballot by legislators at the ongoing session of the 11th National People's Congress.

    Wen, born in 1942, has been Chinese premier since March 2003.

Wen Jiabao -- Premeir of China's State Council

    BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- He was seen in SARS wards and AIDS-stricken villages. He visited four provinces in nine days during the past winter weather disaster, bowing to families of deceased heroes and apologizing to millions stranded at railway stations.

    He spent Lunar New Year holidays with coal miners, dined with AIDS patients and stood behind migrant laborers demanding their wages in arrears.

Profile of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao

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