Political advisory body concludes annual session

China's star hurdler Liu Xiang, also a CPPCC member, applauds during the closing of the annual session of China's top political advisory body, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 12, 2009. [Xinhua]

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• 糧食最低收購價 crops' minimum purchase prices
• 保八 Eight Percent Protection

• 以人為本 Put People First
• 農民企業家 Farmer-turned-entrepreneur
• 窗口指導 window guidance
• 下崗再就業 Re-employment after being laid off
• 登記失業率 registered unemployment rate
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• China's economic growth in 2009
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