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Meeting urges accelerating Xiong'an development, services upgrade

A State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Qiang on Friday stressed the need to adopt pragmatic and forceful measures to promote the high-quality development of Xiong'an New Area.

The meeting called for steps to enhance both the momentum for relocating noncapital functions from Beijing and the capacity of Xiong'an to absorb them.

It highlighted measures to advance high-quality construction and efficient governance, leveraging the strengths of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to foster a modern industrial system and continuously strengthen endogenous growth drivers.

Policymakers at the meeting emphasized the significance of fully tapping into the growth potential of the services sector and developing higher-quality, more diverse and convenient consumer services. The meeting also called for coordinated efforts to strengthen the tiered diagnosis and treatment system and primary-level healthcare capacity.

Top legislator holds discussions with business representatives, meets leaders

Top legislator Zhao Leji on Thursday held discussions with Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs attending the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026.

Expressing his gratitude to the entrepreneurs for their long-standing support and participation in China's reform and opening-up, Zhao, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, said that China is ready to work with all countries to firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core, and create an open, inclusive and nondiscriminatory environment for international cooperation.

Zhao on Thursday also met separately with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne in Boao, Hainan province.