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China aims to achieve economic equality, improve living standards

China's leadership role in promoting global trade today is a continuation of the internationalization drive it started 40 years ago with the reform and opening-up policy, according to a senior academic in London.

Erik Berglof, director of the London School of Economics' Institute of Global Affairs, said the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are examples of China championing global trade, development and connectivity.