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Premier highlights importance of people's well-being

Premier Li Qiang has urged efforts to continuously improve people's well-being in the pursuit of high-quality development. He made the remarks while on an inspection tour from Monday to Wednesday of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.

He underscored the need to address issues that are of immediate concern to the people as well as livelihood projects, strive to enhance the quality of public services and meet the diverse needs of local residents.

In Fujian, Li visited an ecological park, residential communities, an innovation lab and an enterprise in Fuzhou, the provincial capital.

While underlining the importance of ecological conservation in improving people's well-being, he called for high-quality elderly care and childcare services, and urged continuous improvement of the housing supply system and enhancement of residential facilities to elevate people's living standards.

He also stressed the need to promote technological innovation and continue improving the business environment to support foreign-funded companies.

While visiting Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, Li focused on learning about employment opportunities, the development of vocational education, grassroots healthcare services and spring farming.

He urged Jiangxi to make greater efforts to achieve new accomplishments in promoting the province's high-quality development and creating a high-quality life for the people.

Lord mayor of City of London hails China's growth

Vice-President Han Zheng met with Michael Mainelli, lord mayor of the City of London, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Han said that China and the United Kingdom enjoy profound and extensive economic and trade cooperation, and the City of London, a borough of greater London and a world-renowned financial center, has long been committed to promoting China-UK financial exchanges and cooperation.

He stressed that at present, China is advancing its modernization on all fronts through high-quality development, unswervingly expanding the two-way opening-up of its capital market, which will provide broader investment and development opportunities for financial institutions and investors from around the world.

China is willing to work with British financial institutions to expand areas of cooperation, promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges and foster stable and mutually beneficial China-UK relations, Han added.

Mainelli hailed China's achievements in economic and social development, saying that the two countries' cooperation in the financial field enjoys broad prospects. The City of London will continue to actively participate in China's high-level opening-up and push for more achievements in green finance and economic and trade cooperation, he added.