Li calls for spurring market entities

Premier Li Keqiang called for stimulating the vitality of market entities, including private businesses, to withstand downward pressure on economic growth and keep the economy within a reasonable range.

Li made the comment as part of a panel discussion with National People's Congress deputies from the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in Beijing on Wednesday.

This year, China faces greater challenges for its development and should enhance supply-side structural reform, opening-up and innovation, Li said.