BEIJING — Vice-Premier Han Zheng called for enhanced efforts to advance the national land and space planning to a higher level.

Han, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks on Sept 12 at a national workshop for provincial- and ministerial-level officials.

The work of national land and space planning must be promoted in a scientific way and put the people first, said Han.

The intensity of exploration must be strictly controlled while the quality of the planning should be improved, according to Han.

Han emphasized that major tasks and key procedures should be focused on building a national land and space planning system with environmental protection strictly implemented.

Meanwhile, efforts should be made to optimize related laws and mechanisms and strengthen supervision, he said.