NDRC plans internal reforms

2.5million new enterprises were set up last year, 1,700 approval items were cut

China's top economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, will launch an self-inflicted reform that will reduce its own power, part of the central government's campaign to give the market a greater role, Chairman Xu Shaoshi said on Wednesday.

Xu was speaking during a news conference held as the National People's Congress, the top legislature, met in Beijing.