Government to improve 'weak links'

Measures will be put in place by the Chinese government to improve weak links, including poverty alleviation, infrastructure, urban flood prevention and boosting new growth engines to achieve more balanced and effective development.

The decision was made during the State Council executive meeting on Monday, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, as he heard a report by the National Development and Reform Commission on the country's efforts to improve weak links and measures to be taken down the road.

"The key to expanding demands and creating a proper context for China's structural reform is to improve its own weak areas," Li said. "China is still a developing country with huge development gaps between regions and also between rural and urban areas. We need to work hard to expand effective investment and make stronger efforts at improving weak links."