Executive meetings focus on long-term prospects

Innovation and mass entrepreneurship were the subjects discussed most frequently at executive meetings of the State Council this year, as the central government sought to promote the national strategy to upgrade China's industrial structure and boost business startups.

The subjects were discussed 11 times at executive meetings of the State Council, China's Cabinet - far more than poverty relief, infrastructure, education and healthcare. The four other main areas of discussion were streamlining administrative services, local government inspections, industrial upgrades and the revision of regulations.

By Sunday, the State Council had discussed and promulgated decisions on 104 topics at 38 executive meetings presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, according to the central government's official website. Innovation and entrepreneurship accounted for more than 10 percent of the topics discussed by the body.