A survey was conducted in October 2003 by telephoning 802 local residents in the twelve districts of Guangzhou, differing of their age, sex and income level.
As the results of the survey show, 75%of citizens have confirmed the positive impact of the session. 88.9% commented that they are satisfied or comparatively satisfied with work leading by the newly elected central leadership that is under the leading figure of Hu jintao.Seventy percent of the citizens approved of the democratizing progress within the Chinese Communist Party. The citizens comment that the amendments to the Constitution are of essential significance and necessity. They hold great expectation of proper tackling of issues such as employment and reemployment, anti-corruption and social welfares in the near future. 78.2% of the citizens have expressed their confidence to the progressing and prospering China.

A Survey on The Satisfaction of Public with Urban Environment and Sanitation in Guangzhou

   A survey was conducted in the middle of September 2003 through phone-interview of 827 citizens living in the ten districts of Guangzhou, differing of age, occupation and income.
The survey resulted that the satisfaction rate for urban environment and sanitation is 54.9%,18 point higher than 2002 which were 36.2%. Among the interviewees, 87.4% interviewees witnessed the improvements of both environment and public sanitation in the past year, especially after the breaking out of SARS. 80.4% are more or less satisfied with the renovation and remedy work of the government to the cantonal hygiene. 55.7% affirmed that the local people are aware of maintaining public sanitation and 84.8% interviewees are more or less confidently remarked on the further improvement on the environment and sanitation.
Still, there are 49.6% interviewees stating that Guangzhou is by no means void of “filth and disorder”. Facilities and spots that are most closely connected in daily running, such as roadside peddlers and stall-keepers, markets, railway stations, out-of-the-way alleys and lanes, sanitary, etc, are graded low in the scale of satisfaction, respectively 16.6%、22.9%，31.7%、33.4% and 35.1%. The three cankers that ruin the civilized and modern look of Guangzhou, as are criticized by the interviewees as a whole, are garbage scattering, random posting and spitting.