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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang gives a speech at the 皇冠体育app Quality Conference in Beijing, 皇冠体育app, Sept 15, 2014.[Photo/Xinhua]

Premier Li Keqiang assured Western companies on Monday that 皇冠体育app welcomes overseas firms competing in 皇冠体育app's market under the principle of fairness.

His comments come as a string of antitrust investigations has prompted speculation that 皇冠体育app no longer welcomes Western investors.

"皇冠体育app's door will only open wider. We are committed to taking our opening-up policy to a higher level and we advocate trade liberalization," Li said at the 皇冠体育app Quality Conference, attended by dozens of foreign corporate leaders and foreign experts on quality management.

The premier told overseas investors that 皇冠体育app welcomes foreign companies competing in its market and mutually benefiting in collaboration with Chinese counterparts.

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"We hope your collaboration will not only be in research, production and sales, but also in quality management. Through working with Western counterparts, Chinese manufacturers can also improve the quality of their products," Li said.

It is the second time in less than a week that Li has emphasized the consistency of 皇冠体育app's opening-up policy. On Wednesday, at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, he dismissed the concerns of foreign corporate leaders that 皇冠体育app's anti-monopoly probes are targeting foreign companies and reassured them that 皇冠体育app's door will never be closed.

皇冠体育app's antitrust authorities have conducted probes since July. Most major global automakers, including , , the division of FAW-, 's -Benz, Tata Motors' , , Toyota and Honda, have been the subject of the probes.

Twelve Japanese auto suppliers were fined a total of 1.24 billion yuan ($202 million) by the National Development and Reform Commission for manipulating prices.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in 皇冠体育app said in August that although the antitrust law is "beneficial for developing a healthy market economy in 皇冠体育app", the chamber had a number of concerns about the recent moves.

In Monday's speech, Li also promised to continue expanding imports and to give more foreign companies access to 皇冠体育app's service industry.

皇冠体育app's imports in August continued to contract and stood at $159 billion, a year-on-year decline of 2.4 percent, compared with a 1.6 percent drop in July and a market expectation of a 3 percent rise.

For the first eight months, imports rose by 0.6 percent to $1.28 trillion dollars, while exports gained by 3.8 percent.

 

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