Many ordinary people see through the rosy picture outlined by President Hu Jintao in his political report to the 17th National Congress and are not impressed by the meeting itself.
After Mr Hu's report, carried across the nation in a high-profile live broadcast yesterday morning, Beijing television director Wang Nan , 29, said that as an ordinary person she cared more about possible traffic jams brought on by the event than the congress itself.
'Voting in the one-party-ruled meeting is just for show, and the results are already set. If it were a meeting between two parties, that would be more interesting to me,' she said.
'Maybe those with power and money interests will care more about who will be the next generation of Politburo members.'
Farmers' rights activist Xu Jinchuan , from Shandong , said he had been hopeful before watching Mr Hu's report that agricultural policies would be improved.
'Many of the points mentioned in Hu's speech are aimed at improving people's livelihoods,' he said.
'But a loss of farmland and the resulting unemployment concerns many farmers, especially when their rights can't be safeguarded in corrupt local courts.