Nation's growth tops global interest list

China's GDP growth was the top concern among global internet users, according to an online survey by China Daily's website and 10 global media outlets.

The survey's results are seen as a barometer of how people worldwide view the two sessions, which are the annual meetings of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body. It asked respondents to choose the China-related topics they were most interested in ahead of the annual event.

In the survey, 20.06 percent of the respondents said that China's GDP growth was the most anticipated topic, followed by business and trade (16.66 percent), science-tech innovation (15.2 percent), environment (13.70 percent), politics (11.58 percent) and foreign policy (10.5 percent). A total of 8,290 people had submitted answers as of Monday.