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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Friday called for adapting to the new
situation and opening still wider to the outside world, saying that
efforts must be made to coordinate domestic development with
opening up, fully exploit domestic and foreign markets and
resources, and expand development into new areas.
"We will do all our work pertaining to opening up energetically
and improve our ability to participate in international cooperation
and competition," he said in a report on the work of the government
delivered at the opening of the Second Session of the Tenth
National People's Congress.
While striving to keep foreign trade growing at an appropriate
rate, China should continue to follow the strategy of market
diversification, compete on quality, optimize its export mix, and
promote the transformation and upgrading of the processing trade,
improve coordination among foreign trade entities, strive to
overcome trade barriers and minimize trade friction to create a
fair trade environment for our enterprises, said the premier.
More rational and appropriate use of foreign capital is
necessary to raise the performance of foreign investment, Wen said,
adding, "We will continue to enforce policies and measures that
encourage foreign investment and further improve our investment
environment."
He also called for efforts to speed up the implementation of the
strategy of "going global" and better coordinate and guide Chinese
investment abroad.
Enterprises under all forms of ownership are encouraged to
invest in overseas operations in various forms and expand their
international market shares, he noted.
China will continue to conscientiously fulfill all its
commitments for China's accession to the WTO, the premier said.
(China Daily March 5, 2004)
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