'Hub' aides told to better serve people

Premier says looming challenges call for greater efforts to overcome hurdles to national growth

Government secretaries-general as well as general office administrators are being urged to better serve the country's social and economic development by speaking out on problems and ensuring that central policies are implemented to the letter.

Such efforts are all the more important in 2016, the beginning of the country's next five-year plan period, in which China is projected to sustain a "medium-high growth level", Premier Li Keqiang told the top aides of central government agencies and provincial-level governments.