Premier Li Keqiang visited Jingrong makers town in Pixian county, Chengdu city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on April 25, 2016.

Premier Li Keqiang plays badminton with a robot designed by one of the startups teams in Jingrong makers town, Pixian county, Chengdu city, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 25, 2016. [Photo/www.gov.cn]

The town had once served as dormitories for workers from factories including Foxconn Technology Group. With the slowdown in traditional industries, the local government decided to rearrange the dorms into a makers town and offer free rent as an attraction.

Praising the innovative way to transform empty buildings into startup venues, Premier Li said: "It's just like a new economy coming to the market in the form of traditional industries."

Being interested in the new economy index and mass entrepreneurship and innovation index launched by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, State Information Center and other organs, Premier Li said: "The two indices should play important part in making relevant policies."

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