Li, born in 1955, joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1976 and graduated from Peking University with law and economics degrees.
Li said free training would be provided to those starting up. The employment bureau will come out with more supportive policies to encourage people to start innovation-related businesses in future.
Like many other impoverished remote areas in the country, the village is located amid the highlands, in the Wuling Mountains endowed with breathtaking scenery and clean water, but having inadequate transportation and other infrastructure.
Like Li, many locals in the town have cashed in on the new houses, running hotels and selling medicinal herbs and local delicacies such as kiwis and grapes.
Li said China's African policy of sincerity, affinity and good faith is evident in China-Africa cooperation and the friendship between China and Africa has borne new fruit.
Li, who struck his head when he fell, was rushed to the hospital but never regained consciousness. He died in intensive care on March 26 at age 75.
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Li said such things were important in lessening miscalculations, misperceptions and misunderstandings between the two countries.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, visited the DPRK as the special representative of General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Li made the statement when meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel in the capital of the European Union member country before he attended the 21st China-EU leaders' meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Li, from the Beijing Academy of Development and Strategy, said: "It's hard to distinguish which part of Beijing is Washington or New York City. The core area will play the role of the country's political center.