'Innovation' echoing throughout Great Hall

Compared with six years ago when most provincial regions were obsessed over GDP growth, the most noteworthy word I've repeatedly heard during my coverage of the two sessions at the Great Hall of the People this year has been "innovation".

The Government Work Report, delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on March 5, said China's technology sector contributed 57.5 percent to the nation's economic growth last year, 5.3 percentage points higher than five years ago.

A number of innovative achievements have been made in fields like quantum telecommunications, and new models such as the sharing economy have earned the world's second-largest economy growing attention from abroad.