62 sites in country to pilot new urban plan

The central government has chosen 62 locations across the country as experimental areas for new-style urbanization, pushing forward the grand strategy that Premier Li Keqiang said will greatly stimulate China's economy.

The 62 areas range from provincial and city levels to county and town levels, although the focus will be on medium-sized and small cities and small towns, Li said on Tuesday during a seminar in Beijing organized by the central government.

"The new-style urbanization is a big strategy for modernization and will improve the lives of several hundred million people," Li said. "It is our biggest structural adjustment."