2 targets encourage green development

People studying China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), which is expected to be finalized next week by the National People's Congress, will notice it includes two target types, according to China's top planning official.

Xu Shaoshi, minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said the plan will include both "guiding targets" and "binding targets".

As a rule, a binding target will include tasks assigned to various administrations overseeing government-run industries and to regional governments. These organizations will be duty-bound to complete those tasks or the performance of officials will be re-evaluated.