Wang Qishan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, joins a discussion with deputies from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, who attend the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2013. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)

Joining the panel discussion with deputies from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Vice Premier Wang Qishan called for sound services regarding farmers' production and life, education and medical care, vowing to boost the personnel, funding, technological and management support for areas of ethnic minority groups.