The central government will launch a host of projects that involve cutting-edge technologies, Internet applications, high-end equipment and key industries, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.
A survey by China Youth Daily has revealed some of the main reasons people are reluctant to have second children.
After the proposal on the country's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) was unveiled, income has become one of the most concerned issues among the Chinese people. Some leading experts have suggested that six jobs are most likely to become the best-paying occupations over the next five years and beyond.
China will open various channels for foreigners to offer their advice on the country's new five-year development plan from now until January.
In recent years, China has been playing an increasingly larger role in promoting common development of the whole world, and the country's noble intentions for a better world have once again become apparent, manifested by the key concepts of a socio-economic development plan for the next five years.
Innovation should play a key role in China's development in the next five years, as outlined in a plan drafted in late October, according to Vice-Premier Liu Yandong.
China's development blueprint for the next five years, the 13th Five-Year Plan, has attracted wide attention from overseas, with many media and experts expecting it to have a major bearing on the trajectory of world economic development.
Ranking officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) attended Monday the first of a series of lectures to better understand an overall national plan for the coming five years.
Couples between the ages of 20 and 44 want to have an average of 1.93 children, says National Health and Family Planning Commission's deputy minister.
China's consumption will be a decisive factor in achieving the country's next five-year economic growth targets, as its contribution to GDP will continue to increase, a senior policymaker said on Monday.
President Xi Jinping called for more reforms and innovation on Monday as the country is entering its 13th Five-Year-Plan period.
A new five-year national socioeconomic development plan to be released by China, which will charter an explicit blueprint for the country's development over the next five years, will also provide more opportunities for the development of other countries.