Li backs free trade at Summer Davos

Premier Li Keqiang called on Wednesday for safeguarding economic globalization and accelerating the new industrial revolution by promoting more inclusive development, innovation and new drivers for economic growth.

The authority of the rule-based multilateral trading system, the foundation for globalization and free trade, should be respected and safeguarded as uncertainties and anti-globalization sentiment are on the rise, Li said.

He spoke at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018, also known as Summer Davos, in Tianjin.