Development blueprint to map goals

China's efforts to devise its development blueprint between 2021 and 2025 are in full swing, as members of the standing committee of the country's top political advisory body gathered in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss the plan.

"We should widely solicit opinions from all sides and formulate the goals and key tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) in a scientific way," State Councilor Wang Yong said at the opening of a meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

The plan should focus on core areas and weak links to overcome difficulties in the country's development, Wang said.