BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Premier Li Keqiang Thursday called on the vocational education sector to train more talent in order to aid the country's development.

In an instruction to a national meeting on vocational education reform, Li said this year China planned to increase the number of students engaged in vocational education by a million.

"Vocational education should try to cater to the demands of the high-end manufacturing and service sectors as well as those the market needs the most," he said.

"The government will encourage enterprises and the private sector to engage in vocational education."