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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) attend a meeting ahead of the forum in Tianjin Municipality, North 皇冠体育app, Sept 9, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

TIANJIN - Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday that recent anti-trust probes had not targeted specific firms or industries, and foreign companies accounted for only 10 percent of those involved.

By cutting red tape and strengthening monitoring in the past year, 皇冠体育app has tried to cultivate an easy, fair and competitive business climate, the premier told a group of business leaders ahead of the Summer Davos forum.

皇冠体育app launched a series of probes into big foreign names in recent years, the latest episodes being anti-monopoly investigations against and . These high-profile probes are rippling across the Western business circles and stirring unease among firms who perceive unfair treatment.

Apart from anti-trust investigations, 皇冠体育app also cracked down on theft of trade secrets, intellectual property rights infringement and counterfeiting, the premier said, stressing that these measures do not target particular firms. The amount of attention given to the probes is a result of increasing transparency on the part of the regulators.

The regulative measures 皇冠体育app carried out, including the anti-monopoly probes, are in accordance with the law, transparent and fair, the premier emphasized. It benefits 皇冠体育app because more foreign firms and products will be more likely to enter the Chinese market if the environment is fair and competitive.

Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO of global aluminum producer Alcoa, attended the event and was reassured by Li's remarks.

"He described the rules apply to everyone," Kleinfeld told Xinhua. "The premier has emphasized very strong desire to push reforms and to make a level play field. I feel very welcome and so do the colleagues."

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