Chronicle of Key Remarks and Events

"Making the people's dreams come true should be our starting point and foothold."

-- Red Flag magazine, July 13

"On reform: we should stick to the correct direction, dare to gnaw on tough bones and cross rapids."

"Being strict with officials is key to governing the Party strictly."

-- Seeking Truth magazine, July 16

"We need to keep economic growth within reasonable limits. The lower limit is guaranteeing stable growth and employment and the upper limit is preventing inflation."

-- Li Keqiang, at Seminar on the Economic Situation, Beijing, July 16

"The government calls for deepening structural reform in science and technology to enhance technological innovation and vitality."

-- Xi Jinping, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, July 17

"Industrialization is very important. China's prosperity should be reliant on the real economy, not on bubbles."

-- Xi Jinping, Wuhan Heavy Duty Machine Tool Group Corporation, July 21

"Science and technology are the foundation of a country's prosperity."

-- Xi Jinping, Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, July 21

"China's food security realies on ourselves."

-- Xi Jinping, a breeding base in Ezhou, Hubei, July 22.

"How do we perfect the household responsibility system while maintaining collective ownership of rural land? How do we increase rural incomes through authorized land transfers? These are questions for consideration in the next step of reform."

-- Xi Jinping, Comprehensive Rural Ownership Exchange, Wuhan, Hubei, July 22.

"The people can immediately tell if something is for show or really done for the people."

"We should grasp the opportunity to deepen key areas of reform, overcome structural difficulties in the system, and break through the barrier of established interest."

-- Xi Jinping, seminar with Hubei's provincial leaders, Wuhan, July 23

"We have established a reasonable range, between the upper and lower limit. The upper limit is to prevent inflation, and to control CPI at around 3.5 percent. The lower limit is to ensure 7.5 percent growth."

-- Li Keqiang, at a seminar with economic experts and business leaders to hear their views on China's economy, Beijing, July 23

"We should resize urban population rationally while raising the appeal of mid- and small-sized cities."

-- Xi Jinping, seminar with non-Party individuals, July 25