Hi Benny! Take a look at the following part of a sentence……

邱晓华指出，要清醒地看到中国经济存在的问题仍然不少：就深层问题而言，农民收入增长较慢………..

Can you tell me what does 而言 means in the above sentence. I think 就…而言 is some sentence pattern. How is it used?

Thanks!