Profile: Li Keqiang: A man who puts people first (6)

（Xinhua）  09:46, December 24, 2012

In-depth research was carried out for more than two years on significant issues, such as expanding domestic consumption in a sustainable manner, narrowing the urban-rural gap, designing an urbanization path and steadily improving people's living standards.

U.S. economist Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate, said the 12th Five-Year Plan is very complicated but clear. Its effective implementation will turn China into the most significant player in transforming economic growth patterns and rebalancing the world economy, he noted.

Joseph Stiglitz, also a Nobel laureate, said the development plan charts the direction of China's economic restructuring, with China's central task being to open up and better integrate with the outside world.

New responsibilities and opportunities will abound and the country will be more involved in reshaping the world economic order, he said.

Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University, noted the plan's important implications for the global economy. "Its key feature is to shift official policy from maximizing GDP growth toward raising consumption and average workers' standard of living," he noted.
Known as a tough troubleshooter, Li has regularly appeared where he has been needed most.

When food safety scares cropped up in 2010, Li was asked to head the State Council's food safety commission, orchestrating multisector cooperation.

"Food safety concerns every family and each person. Giving food safety offenders a knock-out blow is a must," Li stressed.