The majority of web surfers who left messages on bbs of China's key websites regarded the political report of Hu Jintao to the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress as "very forward-leaning and Hu tells as it is."

A web surfer who logged on the Xinhuanet.com bbs said Hu's report is an excellent one that highlights people's livelihood. The CPC cares the most for livelihood, prosperity and harmony of the Chinese society, the web surfer said.

Another person said the CPC central leadership has adjusted benchmarks evaluating economic and social development, which is in a very scientific way. "As we proceed in this way," the person said, "we have pretty chance to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects."

A surfer on cctv.com praised Hu for his candor of straight- forwardly talking about defects and challenges China currently has. "He talks as what we ordinary people think about," the surfer wrote.

"We all see the achievements made by the whole Chinese nation in the past five years," a surfer on sohu.com said, "it was rarely seen there are so many problems referred to by a political report to the Party congress."

In his Monday morning report, Hu lambasted corruption, a widening wealth gap and unwise use of resources in the past several years. He said the CPC is able to address all those headaches.

Web response also acclaimed Hu's statement for solving the stalemate across the Taiwan Straits. In his report, Hu extended goodwill from the mainland and made suggestion for settling down the Taiwan issue, many surfers commented.

(Xinhua News Agency October 18, 2007)