Govt lays out guidelines for 2017

A worker cuts steel bars on the production line of a mill in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. Si Wei / For China Daily

To deliver a good performance this year, we in government should stick to the following guidelines:

First, we should make progress while maintaining stable performance and keep our strategic focus.

Second, we should focus on supply-side structural reform.

Third, we should expand aggregate demand as appropriate and improve its efficacy.

Fourth, we should rely on innovation to replace old growth drivers with new ones and speed up structural improvement and upgrading.

Fifth, we should solve prominent problems of public concern.