Life in her hometown of Shenhou, Central China's Henan province, is much slower and happier for Fan, who used to work as a Jun porcelain saleswoman in Beijing for over five years.
Li made the remarks at the press conference following the closing of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature.
Li said young people are the future of a nation. "A nation will prosper only when its young people are empowered. A country will be full of hope and a great tomorrow only when its young generation has ideas, abilities and a strong sense of responsibility," he said.
Li made the visit a week after the conclusion of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which adopted a proposed blueprint for economic and social development in the next five years. The blueprint stressed the core status of innovation in the nation's overall modernization drive.
Li rents a 35-square-meter apartment in northern Beijing. With a bed, table, refrigerator and other furniture, the home already seems full.
Li said that although the mine will be closed, the company will keep and document the offshore mining technology and experience, as sea mining requires sophisticated safety systems, such as technology to prevent flooding.
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Lin Jinghong checks a bamboo rat raised at his farm in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Breeding the rodents has helped him and his fellow villagers eradicate poverty over the past five years. Lin's business now makes 100,000 yuan annually. ZHANG AILIN/XINHUA
Li sat beside her on the edge of the 50-meter-high roof, where they talked so she could gain the woman's trust.
Li's story is not unique. Thousands of farmers have seen their careers evolve over the past decades as huge changes took place in the country.
Like any society, Hong Kong's is diverse and people have many different demands. That so many people have been willing to take to the streets shows it is imperative that there is a public channel for people to express their views and make rational appeals. The dialogue platform that the SAR government chief Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has introduced to strengthen communication with all sectors of SAR society will hopefully prove a meaningful trial in the right direction.