World media are keeping their eyes on the work report delivered Monday by China's top legislator Wu Bangguo, particularly his remarks concerning the system of the top legislative body.
Singapore's leading Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao said Wu stressed that the people's congresses oversee the work of the government, the courts and procuratorates, but this does not mean they are confrontational or create difficulties for the parties they oversee.
"A key task for the NPC is to improve supervision to ensure implementation of major policy decisions and successful accomplishment of this year's tasks for economic and social development," the newspaper quoted Wu as saying in its article.
News agencies also paid attention to Wu's report.
British Reuters said Wu told delegates at the annual National People's Congress (NPC) meeting they must maintain "the correct political orientation."
"Leadership of the Party can only be strengthened and in no way weakened," Wu said.
Wu sought to portray China's system as superior to the Western one, pointing out that even the smallest ethnic minority group had representation in parliament, Reuters reported.
"Deputies are therefore broadly representative and they do not represent a single party or group as members of Western parliaments and congresses do," Wu was quoted as saying by Reuters.
Meanwhile, the French AFP said Wu, in his speech, called on legislators to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China and made clear distinctions between China's political system and that of Western democracies.
It said Wu pointed out that "China's system of political parties is a system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, not a Western-style multiparty system."
In addition, the foreign press continued its close watch on China's economic stimulus measure, an 8-percent growth target, as well as its confidence in concerted efforts to tide over the current difficulties.
Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, told Xinhua on Monday that China can play a key role in the world's recovery by maintaining relatively high growth.
The Chinese government has announced a sweeping stimulus program, including a 4-trillion-yuan (585 billion U.S. dollars) stimulus package that Kuroda thought would certainly work.
"The 8 percent growth target unveiled by Beijing recently is still remarkable, and quite high among the world economies, amid the crisis," Kuroda said.
"The Chinese government addressed the crisis promptly and is making the best efforts to help bring the world economy back on track," he added.
Lianhe Zaobao also said that through its 30-year reform and opening-up, China has made great progress in its economic and social development , which proved the feasibility and necessity of the development road with Chinese characteristics.
The newspaper said this year's two sessions of China's top legislative body and top advisory body have become a focus of the world thanks to the country's special role in the global financial crisis.
Every single word from Beijing concerning the economy could likely create a "butterfly effect" miles away, the report said.
Overseas media emphasized Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's work report to the second session of the 11th NPC.
Some western major newspapers, such as the Wall Street Journal Asia and the International Herald Tribune, highlighted Wen's report in their headlines.
Nouvelles d'Europe, one of France's foremost Chinese dailies, said Wen outlined in his work report a road map to recovery and future development for China. That road map, the newspaper reported, showed that in the face of the crisis, the government attaches great importance to a long-term development with efforts to turn challenges into opportunities and deepen reforms in all fields.
The newspaper also expressed hope in its article that the confidence shown in Wen's report could spread to the rest of the world and play a positive role in pulling the world out of its mire.