Policy digest

Plan to rejuvenate border areas

The General Office of the State Council issued the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) for rejuvenating border areas and boosting the livelihoods of residents. It has introduced measures to further help border areas prosper comprehensively. The plan stresses that the central government will give priority to supporting reform and innovation in the border areas and accelerating these regions' development, and will further provide preferential policies to the border areas.

Focus on education to be evaluated