High-quality cooperation called key

China is calling for more innovation to facilitate trade and investment and promote high-quality economic cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Innovations should be made in the ways people cooperate to foster new drivers of trade growth and further promoting trade in services and e-commerce, said Qian Keming, vice-minister of commerce, at a themed subforum on trade connectivity at the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Thursday.

Specifically, China will push forward cooperation in e-commerce with countries involved in the BRI, Qian said. "We will sign more memorandums of cooperation on e-commerce with willing countries and help different countries develop e-commerce and a digital economy."