Li talks up long-term economic development

PREMIER Li Qiang attended the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum 2024 in Beijing yesterday, and delivered a keynote speech.

The theme of the two-day forum is “The Continuous Development of China.”

The theme reflects the attention and expectations of all sectors for the long-term and steady development of China’s economy, Li said.

Noting that China successfully accomplished its main targets and tasks for economic and social development in 2023, Li also said the Chinese economy has strong resilience, great potential and vitality, while the fundamentals of its long-term sound growth remain unchanged.

The Chinese government has always regarded respect for the market and services for enterprises as an important focus in planning economic work, and has always been an advocate and a good companion for the development of enterprises.

Since last year, the Chinese government has further improved and optimized services and established a regular communication mechanism with enterprises.

China will take practical and effective actions to promote high-quality development and inject more certainty and positive energy into the recovery and stable development of the world economy, the premier said.

He vowed efforts to intensify macro-policy adjustments, expand domestic demand, promote a new type of peoplecentered urbanization, and advance large-scale equipment renewal and trade-ins of durable consumer goods.

China will continue to promote industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation, accelerate the development of new quality productive forces, and push forward green transformation, while also addressing both symptoms and root causes of challenges to prevent and defuse risks.

Continuous efforts will be made to foster a worldclass business environment that is market-oriented, lawbased and internationalized, steadily advance institutional opening up and link with the world at a higher level of openness, according to Li.

(Xinhua)