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As an annual routine, the Chinese premier meets the press after the closingceremony of each year's session of the National People's Congress (NPC). Wen Jiabao,who was appointed to a second five-year term as premier at the First Session of the llth NPC,answered questions from domestic and foreign journalists on March 18.

Premier Wen's main points follow.