"The world of today is a multi-polar world. This is why I was keen for this seminar to take place in China, whose fantastic growth is the most striking example of this shift in world equilibrium."

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on March 31 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, at the G20 seminar on international monetary system

"The improvement of the international monetary system will be a long and complicated process. China will work with its international partners to develop the system in a fair, reasonable and win-win manner."

China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan, addressing the opening ceremony of the G20 seminar on international monetary system

"Efforts should be made to build Zhongguancun into a base to attract talent and encourage technological innovation."

Li Yuanchao, Minister of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during a visit to Zhongguancun, a hi-tech base in Beijing, on March 31

"A national education and examination committee will be established this year. It will be in charge of conducting an overall examination enrollment system design, as well as evaluating and assessing these reforms."

Du Yubo, Vice Minister of Education of China, responding to a question about college entrance examination reform at a press conference on March 29 in Beijing

"We have no choice but to release water tainted with radioactive material into the ocean as a safety measure."

Yukio Edano, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, on Japan's dumping of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean on April 5