Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan answers questions at a press conference on opening up on all fronts and promoting high quality development of commercial business on the sidelines of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in
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He cited a World Bank report that
Overseas investment to the Chinese mainland reached 136.3 billion U.S. dollars last year, ranking the second in the world and hitting an all-time high.
Zhong reiterated
The government promised measures including investment facilitation, exploring opening free trade ports and offering wider access to sectors including financial services, general manufacturing, telecommunications, medical services, education, elderly care and new energy vehicles.