-- China's direct investment overseas is expected to grow by 13.2 percent.

-- The percentage of treated urban sewage is expected to reach 69 percent and percentage of urban household waste safely handled should reach 67 percent.

-- Shut down backward iron foundries with a total capacity of ten million tons, backward steel mills with a total capacity of six million tons, backward paper mills with a total capacity of half a million tons and backward power plants with a total capacity of 15 million kilowatts.

-- Water consumption per 10,000 yuan of value-added by industry is expected to drop by 5.6 percent, while the percentage of industrial solid wastes that are comprehensively utilized will reach 65.9 percent.

-- The number of urban residents participating in the basic old-age insurance program is expected to grow by 4.2 percent.

-- Beginning in 2009, secondary vocational education will be free for students from poor rural families and for all students enrolled in agriculture-related programs.

-- The gross enrollment ratio for senior high schools is expected to reach 77 percent. College enrollment will reach 6.29 million. Postgraduate enrollment will reach 475,000.

-- Make proper arrangements to rebuild schools, hospitals and other public facilities. Ensure that more than 95 percent of students in quake-hit areas will move into permanent school buildings by the end of this year.

(Xinhua News Agency March 5, 2009)