Quotable quotes from Premier Wen's online chat

Quotable quotes from Premier Wen's online chat

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold anonline chat with Internet users Sunday via the websites of thecentral government (www.gov.cn) and Xinhua News Agency(www.news.cn).

The following are some eye-catching remarks of Wen whileanswering questions raised by netizens from home and overseas:

-- I only have two years left for my tenure of office. I thinkthe work in the two years will be not at all easier than that in theprevious eight years, but will be much tougher instead.

-- Speaking of happiness, I want to make people live in acomfortable, reassured way, feel at ease and have confidence in thefuture.

-- A man (Wen himself) who pays high attention to prices everyday will not allow prices to keep soaring without curbing.

-- The whole world is talking about China's rise, and what thepeople talk about most is (China's) GDP. But I think China's riselies in talents and education.

-- I want to tell real estate developers: I haven't investigatedthe profits of every one of you, but I think you real estatedevelopers, as a member of the society, should do your own bits forthe society. You should have morality running in your veins.

-- When we evaluate an official's performance, the yardstickshould be whether the public are happy or not, dissatisfied or not,but not high-rise buildings and projects.

-- I always say we should not only make the cake of social wealthas big as possible, but also distribute the cake in a fair way andlet everyone enjoy the fruits of reform and opening up.