Li: New 5-Year Plan to focus on growth

Premier says improving livelihoods, preventing risks will be highlighted

Premier Li Keqiang stressed the need to boost infrastructure development, enhance the level of innovation, improve competitiveness in different sectors and better protect the environment in devising the country's development blueprint for the 2021-25 period.

Speaking on Monday in Beijing at a meeting on China's 14th Five-Year Plan, Li said the overall blueprint will focus on promoting economic growth, improving people's livelihoods and preventing and defusing risks.