Following are some quotable quotes about the annual full sessions of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and the top advisory body, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing on Sunday:

"We will continue to work together with the international community to bring about a world with fewer conflicts and more peace, less poverty and more prosperity, and fewer troubles and more cooperation."

"China is a staunch force for peace-making and it's ridiculous to accuse China of a threat."

-- Foreign Ministry Li Zhaoxing on China's foreign policy

"No matter how difficult the process is, China always adheres to the position for making peace and facilitating the (six-party) talks in an objective and impartial way."

-- Li on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue

"We are against any country that practices hegemonism; we are against any country that commits aggression on others; we are fair in our words and in our deeds."

-- Li on China's opposition to hegemonism

"The Taiwan issue is China's internal affair and should by no means be deliberated in the framework of the security alliance between the U.S. and Japan."

"This (anti-secession) legislation has once again reflected our consistent stance to make greatest efforts with utmost sincerity to seek the prospects of peaceful reunification. It will also manifest the common will of the entire Chinese people to safeguard state sovereignty and territorial integrity and never tolerate the forces for 'Taiwan independence' to make Taiwan secede from China in any name and by any means."

-- Li on Taiwan issue

"A harmonious society is not one without conflicts, but one where all conflicts and disputes can be solved through normal and legal means and therefore won't escalate into hostility or massive clashes."

-- Deng Weizhi, noted sociologist, on the building of harmonious society

"In the building of a harmonious socialist society, the development of an advanced socialist culture is of much importance as it can provide a strong ideological guarantee, as well as powerful spiritual support, for our efforts."

-- Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, on the importance of advanced culture

"We shall accelerate the military's shift from being half-mechanized and mechanized to being capable of fighting the IT warfare, and strengthen the fostering of high-quality military talents in a down-to-earth manner."

-- General Liang Guanglie, chief of the general staff of the PLA, on China's military building

"We should launch campaigns to crack down on crimes on a regular basis and take high-handed measures in this regard."

-- Luo Gan, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, on China's crackdown campaigns.