Li: Emerging sectors to provide impetus

Premier Li Keqiang is looking to the technology industry and emerging sectors as a leading factor to give impetus to the economy during its difficult transition.

The growth industries also have helped the country create more jobs than expected, Li told some political advisers on Friday, one day before he is to deliver the Government Work Report to lawmakers and political advisers as the National People's Congress convenes its annual session in Beijing.

In the coming months, the government will provide more support to growth industries, such as information technology, biotechnology and new energy, in policies and in financial incentives, Li said.