More areas to open for investors

China will boost global free trade through new policies, observers say

China may remove more items from its recently announced negative list amid efforts to further open up its market to foreign investors, a stance that will help consolidate the global multilateral governance system, senior experts and officials said.

"China has a firm stance to promote globalization amid protectionism threats," said Yuan Feng, head of the foreign investment department of the National Development and Reform Commission. "Recent efforts to ease or cancel existing restrictions on foreign investment in many fields demonstrate our determined willingness to continue promotion of opening-up."