The implementation plan on revitalizing Northeast China during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) was approved by the State Council, according to a reply released on Sept 13.

The plan, on the basis of a new development phase, is aimed at resolving institutional issues, energizing market entities, adjusting and improving the industrial structure, and building on its own strengths, to achieve breakthroughs in revitalizing the region.

The governments of Inner Mongolia autonomous region, provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, were asked to strengthen leadership, improve working mechanisms, deepen reform and opening-up, ramp up policy support, and improve the business environment.

In the meantime, key programs and major measures on revitalizing areas of Northeast China will be carried out to boost the internal growth momentum. Major policies, programs and projects involved in the plan should be submitted and approved according to procedures.

The document also stressed that all members of the State Council's leading groups for the revitalization of Northeast China and other old industrial bases, and all relevant departments and units should, according to their respective duties and responsibilities, provide active support for drafting the plans, institutional innovation, policy implementation and project construction.

The National Development and Reform Commission should strengthen overall planning, take the lead in formulating the annual work on the revitalization of Northeast China, and push forward its implementation by a working mechanism of joint implementation of departments at provincial and ministerial levels.

Implementation of the plan will be followed up, analyzed and checked, and major matters will be reported to the CPC Central Committee and the State Council in a timely manner, the document said.