Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) inspects Weihai Port in Weihai city, East China's Shandong province, April 19, 2017. Li visited Shandong from Wednesday to Friday. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged Shandong province to quicken efforts to foster new growth drivers to replace old ones and support the firming trend in the broader economy.

In a tour of Shandong from Wednesday to Friday, Li acknowledged the region's economic and social achievements and asked local authorities to adopt new growth concepts under the leadership of the Communist Party of China Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core.