and imports, promote opening up and market opportunities and remove barriers to foreign investment in manufacturing, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Sunday.
China will promote the coordinated development of trade in goods and services, continue to protect an international business environment, and promote a higher level of cooperation and openness, Li also said. The CIIE, a fair focused on the import of foreign goods, was launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2018 to promote the country's free trade credentials and counter criticism of its trade surplus with many countries but participation in the past three years had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.