Xi stresses deeper bilateral, multilateral, regional cooperation

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced measures to pursue deeper bilateral, multilateral and regional cooperation.

-- China stands ready to sign high-standard free trade agreements with more countries in the world. China will work for the early signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and speed up negotiations on a China-EU investment treaty and a China-Japan-ROK free trade agreement. China looks forward to more exchanges and mutual learning with high-standard free trade areas in other parts of the world;

-- China will take an active part in WTO reform and in cooperation at the United Nations, the G20, APEC, BRICS and other fora;

-- China will work with partner countries to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and build a community with a shared future for mankind.