Premier Li urges China's rust belt to speed up reforms

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) visits Dalian area of China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Dalian, where the Summer Davos is underway, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 26, 2017. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged China's northeast to accelerate reform. Li made the remarks during a visit to the Liaoning Pilot Free Trade Zone where he talked with company staff about services there. The northeast region has a solid economic foundation and rich resources and should leverage the pilot free trade zone to keep up reform and opening up to power the region's rejuvenation, Li said. Local governments should promote the supply-side reform to reduce transaction costs and improve the business environment to attract more investment, Li added.[Photo: Xinhua]