Premier Wen Jiabao handed in a proud scoresheet on Wednesday in his Government Work Report, which made a graceful finale to his Cabinet's term of office and to his duet with President Hu Jintao at the helm of the nation.

Although not all of our pressing needs and wants have been met at their hands, and not all of people's most outstanding concerns have been addressed during their tenure, that in no way diminishes the collective Chinese pride in what the country has achieved over the past decade.

As they bid farewell to the center stage of national politics, Wen and Hu have left behind a list of feats that have changed the country's development orientations forever.