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Foreign ambassadors and United Nations' representatives in Beijing said that the ongoing annual political sessions help to further boost China's development and its ties with the world, as the global recession highlights China's booming economy and responsibility as a major power. The National People's Congress, China's parliament, opened on Monday, after the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, the top political advisory body, began on Saturday. Having witnessed the two sessions of the NPC and CPPCC three times, Turkish Ambassador Murat S. Esenli said that he observed the multifaceted demographic makeup of China taking part in the legislative process of the world's most populous country. China's economy has continued to perform strongly amid the very difficult times since the global financial crisis of 2008 and has made enormous contributions to the world, said New Zealand Ambassador to China Carl Worker after listening to Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report on Monday. According to Bulgarian Ambassador Georgi Peychinov, the biggest challenge is to keep the pace of China's economic development in step with the social demands of the people. A UN representative said that it was encouraging to see from the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), released last year, that there has been a shift in the Chinese government's focus on the quality in addition to the amount of growth. | 
