China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, has urged the people in Jiangsu Province to "take the local advantage and speed up building a relatively affluent society," during an inspection tour of the booming province in east China that ended on Saturday.

Jiangsu has made great success in economic development over the past two decades. Compared with other parts of the country, itis realistic for the people in Jiangsu to take the lead in living a fairly comfortable life," said Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

Wu also urged the people in Jiangsu to improve their ability in innovation, reduce the consumption of resources and blaze a new road of industrialization, so as to build a harmonious society.