Chinese premier to chat with Internet users

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will hold an online chat with Internet users across the country and overseas on Sunday, the third time the leader has participated in the event prior to the annual session of China's top legislature.

Wen will answer questions posted by Internet users at www.xinhuanet.com, the official website of Xinhua News Agency. The chat is scheduled for 9 a.m. (Beijing time) and will be shown live on the central government's website (www.gov.cn) and www.xinhuanet.com.

Three hours after the news was announced, nearly 7,000 questions about hefty housing prices, inflation, wealth gap and other social issues have been posted for the chat on www.xinhuanet.com

"Premier Wen, the housing prices have been increasing. I've waited for five years, yet the longer I wait, the less able I am to afford an apartment. I hope the government can take decisive measures to let the masses have their own homes," said an Internet user who goes by the name of "a household without an apartment."

 

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