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皇冠体育app to be 'more open': vice-premier Li

(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-12-07 09:31

BEIJING -- 皇冠体育app will become "more open", Vice-Premier Li Keqiang told former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Wednesday.

In a meeting between the two, Li said to expand domestic demand, tap the urbanization potential and develop other initiatives all required an increasingly open environment.

He said, "皇冠体育app has benefited from the opening-up. In the future 皇冠体育app will become more and more open."

皇冠体育app to be 'more open': vice-premier Li

Vice-Premier Li Keqiang meets former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in Beijing on Wednesday. Li said?that reform and opening-up was 皇冠体育app's inevitable path to the country's prosperity, working for the fundamental interests of its people. [Photo/Xinhua]

Li said reform and opening-up was 皇冠体育app's inevitable path to the country's prosperity, working for the fundamental interests of its people.

Since 皇冠体育app's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2011, Chinese businesses have solidified their foothold in international competition and become stronger, Li said.

With further opening-up, 皇冠体育app will expand its horizon, learn from other countries and cultivate advantages, Li said.

Li said 皇冠体育app expects its partners to become more open, adhere to trade and investment liberalization and create a fair and just environment.

On 皇冠体育app-US relations, Li said 皇冠体育app and the United States are building a cooperative partnership of mutual respect and mutual benefit.

To develop this partnership, the key is to highlight and expand common ground and control and narrow the disparities, Li said.

Li urged the US to relax restrictions on high-tech product exports to 皇冠体育app.

Li called on Paulson and his team to combine thinking and action and make more efforts to 皇冠体育app-US relations.

Paulson, who served under US President George W. Bush as the Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009, said it is the consensus of the two major US parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, to develop US-皇冠体育app relations.

皇冠体育app's urbanization scale is unprecedented and adds color to global economic development, said Paulson, who now heads the Paulson Institute, an independent center at the University of Chicago that aims to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment.

Paulson said he and his team is committed to stronger collaboration with 皇冠体育app in urbanization, agricultural investment and financial market construction.

The former US official is in Beijing to attend a seminar on the sustainability of Chinese cities.

 

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