Li tells FTZs to be bolder over reforms

Premier visits Fujian a day after the launch of three new zones

Pilot Free Trade Zones, now operating in four areas, must have the courage to roll out bolder reforms, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday as he visited Xiamen, part of the Fujian Pilot FTZ.

Li's visit, taking place a day after China opened three new FTZs modeled on Shanghai - a laboratory for ambitious free-market reforms - is expected to create greater openness to counter lackluster trade and boost slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.