Wu's "mass line" could be traced back to the days he worked in Shanghai. As Party chief of the metropolis, Wu often went to bazaars and stores, picking up vegetables and rice and chatting with farmers, peddlers, customers and shopkeepers on the street.

Wu always seeks "substantial achievements" in supervision work, which, along with legislation, is a key task for the NPC.

Wu has also brought China's top legislature into a new phase of foreign exchanges. So far, the NPC has established regular exchange mechanisms with the European Parliament as well as the congresses and parliaments of 14 countries, including the United States, Russia, Japan and India.

Wu was born in 1941, went to study in the Radio and Electronics Department of the prestigious Tsinghua University in 1960.

Wu likes to read or play tennis in his spare time. Though busy with work, he still manages to spare some time watching TV plays with his wife, Zhang Ruizhen.

(Xinhua News Agency March 17, 2008)