Regional integration key to growth

China playing an important role in promoting balanced economic growth in both Southeast and Northeast Asia

China is playing an increasingly important role in promoting regional integration and cooperation in Asia, according to participants at an international symposium held earlier this month in Nanning, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The conference was held just days before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's planned visits to four Asian countries and his meetings with his counterparts from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, the third meeting of its kind.