President vows to keep domestic market open

President Xi Jinping reaffirmed on Friday China's pledge to enable various nations to share opportunities in its vast market, saying that Beijing will expedite steps to develop a robust domestic market, upgrade trade in goods and build new mechanisms for trade in services. Speaking via video link at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo, Xi renewed China's pledge to widen its opening-up, including steps to import more quality products.

Xi highlighted the need to remain committed to openness to meet development challenges, foster synergy for cooperation, build innovation momentum and deliver benefits to all.

"We should steadily advance economic globalization, enhance every country's dynamism of growth, and provide all nations with greater and fairer access to the fruits of development," he said.