China Premier Li Qiang, Beijing’s No. 2 official, pledged to open up the world’s second largest economy to “quality products from all over the world” as he vowed to deepen economic ties with both Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
“We need to enable domestic and international circulations … so that companies across the world, including those from ASEAN and the GCC countries, can fully share [in] China’s development,” Li told delegates at Fortune’s ASEAN-GCC-China Economic Forum, held in Kuala Lumpur on May 27. “China stands ready to work with ASEAN and GCC countries to embrace greater openness and cooperation.”
