BEIJING, March 13 (UPI) -- The National People's Congress, China's national legislature, ended its annual session in Beijing Friday urging unity to combat the global economic crisis.
Nearly 3,000 deputies took part in the nine-day session. Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, hailed the session as a "complete success," the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Lawmakers endorsed a government work report delivered by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that called on the nation to promote economic and social development and outlined an all-around stimulus plan to shore up the economy amid global downturn.
Wen said in the report that China is "able to achieve" an economic growth at about 8 percent as long as right policies are implemented.
