Yang Caishou(L) and Tan Ruixiang(R), NPC deputies from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, calls on the concerned facilities to pay much more attention to the protection of environment while raising the income of the poor farmers in western China at a group discussion held in Beijing Thursday, March 14, 2002. Many NPC deputies show their opinions on the ecological construction and the protection and improvement of environment in China at the group discussion. (Xinhua Photo/Jiang Lin)