 | An inside view of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao opened the annual session of China's parliament Monday with a call for more sustainable economic growth, as controversy flared again over the nation's fast-rising military budget. In front of nearly 3,000 delegates at the Great Hall of the People, Wen delivered an annual work report that focused on fine-tuning China's economy, which is roaring ahead but at huge environmental and social costs.( click to open  |
 | China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures as he delivers his government work report during the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 5, 2007. click to open |
 | China's President Hu Jintao (bottom R) and Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin (bottom L) attend the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 5, 2007. click to open |
 | China's President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with Premier Wen Jiabao after the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress in Beijing March 5, 2007. click to open |
 | China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures as he finishes his government work report during the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 5, 2007. click to open |
 | China's President Hu Jintao (C) watches Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (L) and President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso shake hands at the opening ceremony of the China-Africa Summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 4, 2006. China will provide $5 billion in loans and credits to Africa over the coming three years and double aid to the backward but resource rich continent by 2009, Hu said on Saturday. Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana (rear L) and Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki are seated at the back. click to open |
 | A Chinese soldier stands on duty near statues commemorating Mao Zedong and idealized communist heroes at Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in Beijing Friday, June 30, 2006. The party was founded in Shanghai on July 1, 1921, and now has more than 60 million members. click to open |
 | Jia Chunwang, China's chief prosecutor, makes a speech at the third plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Saturday March 11, 2006. China is facing a critical shortage of judges as its courts struggle to cope with growing numbers of official corruption cases, top court officials said Saturday. click to open |
 | Xiao Yang, chief justice of the Supreme People's Court, makes a speech at the third plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Saturday, March 11, 2006. China is facing a critical shortage of judges as its courts struggle to cope with growing numbers of official corruption cases, top court officials said Saturday. click to open |
 | Chinese President Hu Jintao reads a document during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Saturday March 11, 2006. China is facing a critical shortage of judges as its courts struggle to cope with growing numbers of official corruption cases, top court officials said Saturday. click to open |
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