Li pledges more tax rebates for yangtze river ports

Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Friday to expand tax rebates to companies operating at inland ports in provinces that lie along the Yangtze River.

He made the pledge during a visit to Shanghai port, a major logistics hub that connects the country's underdeveloped west to overseas markets via China's longest river.

Xing Kangdi, head of the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistics Zone, said at least four inland areas, including Wuhan in Hubei province and Chongqing municipality, are providing tax rebates to trading firms. But not all inland provincial areas along the river are included in the rebate system.