One line in Chinese Premier Li's speech hints at Beijing's battle to connect on social media

By Philip Wen
Updated March 7 2015 - 4:13am, first published March 6 2015 - 6:22pm
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Members of the National People's Congress applaud as President Xi Jinping, front left, and Premier Li Keqiang, right, take their seats. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Members of the National People's Congress applaud as President Xi Jinping, front left, and Premier Li Keqiang, right, take their seats. Photo: Sanghee Liu
The state's attempts to conduct social media in China may not be as successful as the performances of the People's Liberation Army band. Photo: Sanghee Liu
The state's attempts to conduct social media in China may not be as successful as the performances of the People's Liberation Army band. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Security guards patrol Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress. Beijing knows that carefully choreographed set pieces for traditional media may fall flat with China's youth. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, most young people get their information about the government online, not by reading work reports of the National People's Congress. Photo: Sanghee Liu

Beijing: In a government work report which ran to 34 pages and took Chinese Premier Li Keqiang almost two hours to recite, there was one phrase that stood out.