Govt to launch cutting-edge projects, premier says

The central government will launch a host of projects that involve cutting-edge technologies, Internet applications, high-end equipment and key industries, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.

These projects will be included in the guidelines for China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), the country's overall development blueprint for the coming five years.

Implementing the projects will enable China to gain strategic competitiveness and offer better and more diversified services to the public, Li said at a conference discussing the guidelines.