"Although early education centers can no doubt teach some skills to children, good development depends on learning within the family."

Liu Yan, an expert researching preschool education at Beijing Normal University, commenting on Chinese parental predilections for early educational centers, on September 19

"The move shows the Party and Central Government are determined to further improve and root out official extravagance rather than making empty promises."

Wu Hui, an associate professor of governance at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in response to a new regulation on spending for official conferences aimed at streamlining government work and curbing extravagance

"Not only should the gates of courts be opened, but more media for judicial publicity should be created and utilized."

Zhou Qiang, President of the Supreme People's Court, in response to the growing use of social media by Chinese courts, such as the use of Weibo, a Twitter-like micro-blogging service, to post details of Bo Xilai's trial by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province

"Xinjiang should be established as a western port for China's foreign trade given the fact that it is located at what has been an important merchant route, the 'Silk Road,' since ancient times."

Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, at the fourth national work conference on "pairing assistance" projects to support Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region development, which was held in Beijing on September 23-24