Chinese official calls for Japanese investment, reaffirming vow to widen market access

“We welcome Japanese companies to expand investment and cooperation in China,” he was quoted by official media as saying to a visiting trade relations group from Japan on Monday.

Meeting Kono Yohei, president of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade, He Lifeng said the association should continue to serve as “a practitioner of China-Japan friendship, promoter of win-win cooperation and protector of the stability of global supply chains”, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reported the vice-premier told Yohei – former speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives – that the attack, perpetrated by a Chinese man, was “incidental” and what Hu did to help the victims symbolised the two countries’ friendship. Local police have yet to disclose the attacker’s motives.

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The vice-premier also vowed to liberalise trade and investment from Switzerland while meeting visiting Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin in Beijing on Monday.

“[We should] further relax market access, remove unreasonable restrictions and turn China’s large market scale into a tangible advantage in attracting investment”, he said the same day at a separate event with Chinese officials.

He pledged to widen market entry in the service industry, as well as relax investment limits in medication and medical instruments.

Zhao Gang, general manager of Sew Eurodrive (Suzhou) – a local office of the German gear and motor manufacturer – said the major challenge for the company’s future development in China lies in an unfair playing field.

“We hope there will be support for foreign-invested enterprises to enjoy the same rights