China’s Li Vows to Boost Imports, Expand Market Access
- Premier also says rights of foreign investors to be protected
- China slowdown has hurt demand for goods from around world
Li Qiang during the opening ceremony of the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on Nov. 5.
Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s premier pledged that his nation would expand access to markets and also boost imports, which have fallen this year.
“We will continue to promote opening up, with greater inclusiveness and benefit-sharing,” Li Qiang said in a speech Sunday to kick off the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, adding that China “will actively expand imports.”