Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the media during a press conference shortly after the conclusion of the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 16, 2007. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held a press conference in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing shortly after the conclusion of the annual full session of the Chinese parliament on Friday morning.

　　The press conference, a once-every-year routine for the Chinese head of government, has attracted around 700 Chinese and foreign journalists.

Premier: China endorses and honors international environmental obligations 　　

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China endorses the Kyoto Protocol and honors international environmental obligations to curb global warming, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao here on Friday.

　　Wen made the remark at a press conference after the annual session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) was closed.

Premier: China's military expenditure at very low level in world

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that China, which pursues a defensive national defense policy, has a military expenditure that is at a very low level in the world compared with other countries.

Premier: China targets no other country in its outer space test 　　

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday that China targets or threatens no other country and breaches no international treaties in its recent anti-satellite test in outer space.

Premier: Door of dialogue open to Dalai Lama if he gives up "Tibet independence"

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday that the door of consultation and dialogue on his personal future is always open to the Dalai Lama if he could truly give up his pursuit of "Tibet independence".

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the media during a press conference shortly after the conclusion of the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 16, 2007. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Premier: HK's role as financial, shipping, trade center irreplaceable

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that Hong Kong's role as an international financial, shipping and trade center can not be replaced by any other places.

Premier: Socialist democracy means enabling people to oversee, criticize gov't

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday that the essence of China's socialist democracy is to let the people be masters of the country and enable them to oversee and criticize the government.

　　The premier said China will take into account of its own conditions and build democracy in its own way.

Premier: China to legislate on minimum subsistence allowance

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China is going to legislate on minimum subsistence allowance to improve the living conditions of the needy, Premier Wen Jiabao told a press conference on Friday following the conclusion of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.

Chinese premier vows to punish all law-breaking corrupt officials

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed here on Friday that all law-breaking currupt officials should be brought into justice no matter in what areas they are and no matter how high-ranking they are.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the media during a press conference shortly after the conclusion of the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 16, 2007. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

Premier: China to advance political reform to fight corruption more effectively

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China will advance its political system reform to fight corruption more effectively, Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday at a press conference.

Premier: China hopes Japan, DPRK solve abduction issue through negotiation

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday that China hoped Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would resolve the abduction issue through negotiation. Wen's comments came at a press conference following the conclusion of the annual session of the National People's Congress(NPC), China's top legislature.

Premier: Mainland closely watching secessionist activities in Taiwan

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday that the mainland is closely watching the secessionist activities and plots by "Taiwan independence" forces in the island, and will never allow any change of the historical fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China since ancient times.

Chinese Premier calls his coming visit to Japan an "ice-melting journey"

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Friday that his planned visit to Japan in April will be an "ice-melting journey" for further relations between China and Japan, after Japanese prime minister's "ice-breaking journey" to China last October.

A foreign journalist asks questions to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a press conference held in the Great Hall of the People shortly after the conclusion of the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress in Beijing, March 16, 2007. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met the media during the press conference Friday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

Premier: China aims at mature capital market

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that China aims at a mature capital market.

　　"Our goal is very clear. The goal is to build a mature capital market," Wen said at a press conference following the conclusion of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.

Premier: Forming of forex investment company not to impact U.S.-dollar denominated assets

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- China's forming of a foreign exchange investment company will have no impact on its U.S.-dollar denominated assets, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Friday.

Premier: Adherence to reform, opening-up key to China's modernization

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that China must adhere to its three-decade-old policy of reform and opening-up in order to develop itself into a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and modernized nation. 　　

Premier: China confident in maintaining economic growth

　　BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that China has the conditions for maintaining the current momentum of steady and fast economic growth and that his government has full confidence in its task.