China committed to economic opening-up: Vice-premier

China will remain committed to its stance of economic opening-up and further improving the business environment for foreign investors, said Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli on Sunday.

"China will push for a higher-level economic opening-up," he told participants of the China Development Forum.

Zhang also said in the next five years, China's trade volume will rise to $8 trillion and its actually utilized direct foreign investment will reach $600 billion. Chinese enterprises and individuals are expected to make outbound direct investment of $750 billion in the same period while the number of Chinese tourists going abroad is expected to reach 700 million, he said.