Housing conditions, education access and quality of life, these are issues that concern ordinary Chinese people the most.

China's macroeconomic policies have been adjusted to work towards benefiting the general pulbic. At the country's top legislature meeting in Beijing, deputies have spoken highly of these adjustments.

Our reporter Dan Dan has the details.

Fuxin in northeast China is home to a large amounts of coal miners. Many had lived in poorer housing structures, known locally as shantytowns.

The city's mayor Pan Liguo, who is attending the annual session of the country's top legislature, the National People's Congress, is quite familiar with the previous situation.

In the past, under the planned economy, the idea that work comes before life was widely promoted. Thus, the infrastructure in Fuxin, or say, the housing conditions of coal workers here, was quite lagging behind.

But tremendous changes took place in Fuxin within the past year, when both the central and provincial governments gave strong financial and policy support to the city.

According to the mayor, rebuilding the shantytowns has substantively changed local people's lives.

In the last year alone, the rebuilding area of shantytowns in Fuxin covered 2.7 million square meters. That means more than one-third of the city's population improved their housing conditions. The whole city took on a new look.

In fact, with the funding from the central government, over 1.4 million people in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, where Fuxin is located, have moved out of shantytowns and into new buildings.

In addition to the efforts to improve housing conditions, China's macroeconomic policies are believed to have also favored the education sector.

Currently, funding for rural compulsory education is fully provided by the government. The 150 million students living in rural areas are exempt from paying tuition and miscellaneous fees, and are supplied with free textbooks.

This year, according to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, such support measures will be continued.

The allocation for education will increase from last year's 107 billion yuan to 156 billion yuan. We will standardize private education programs and encourage their development.

Chen Chenggui, a deputy to the National People's Congress and a professor with northeastern China's Kiamusze University, says the general public welcomes the education-friendly economic policies.

The financial input into the education sector accounts for a big percentage of the total government budget. Actually, obtaining a good education is a goal shared by each Chinese family. It also plays a key role in improving the overall quality of the country's population.

At the same time, another target of China's macroeconomic policies is to stabilize the overall prices of goods, thus guaranteeing a general quality of life for its people.

But in January this year, the consumer price index climbed to an 11-year high of 7.1 percent, arousing worries among the public that their daily expenses would increase significantly.

Zhang Liqun, a senior researcher with the Development Research Center of the State Council, suggests the key focus of the country's macroeconomic policies should be on increasing supplies.

The country's consumer price index grew continuously last year, but demand has remained stable. According to our analysis, it's because the supply was not guaranteed. For instance, the supply of pigs was insufficient and the cost of edible oil increased. Therefore, last year, the government issued supporting policies for pig-raising and took measures to stabilize the price of feed.

While increasing effective supply, Ma Kai, China's top planning official, says the government would also provide adequate subsidies for low-income families.

That is to guarantee that the quality of life for this group of people won't be affected by rising prices. Plus, we should also strengthen market supervision to crack down on speculation, spreading rumors concerning price hikes, as well as other illegal activities.

In addition to all these efforts, the Chinese government is also continuing to work out solutions to bring down high housing and medical care prices.

Dan Dan, CRI News.