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Wang made the comments at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) conference in Detroit, where he met with several leaders
and exchanged views on multilateral and bilateral economic and
trade issues amid wider global trade rifts and uncertainties.
Wang said he recognized the difficulties faced by the region,
but added that China, as a major developing country, was willing
to make due contributions.
"The Asia-Pacific region has always been the region with the
most growth vitality, development potential and economic
resilience in the global economy, but economic and trade
development still faces many disturbances and challenges," Wang
said, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of
Commerce.
Wang also discussed China's positions on supporting the
multilateral trading system and promoting sustainable and
inclusive trade development.
"China calls on APEC economies to continue to uphold open
regionalism, unswervingly promote the process of regional
economic integration, further deepen trade and investment
cooperation, and share the opportunities and dividends brought
by the integrated development of regional industrial chains and
supply chains," Wang said.
World leaders have been looking for ways to fortify global
supply chains, which are still wobbly in the post-COVID world.
China's economy has been struggling to regain solid footing
after its own restrictive three-year COVID-19 policies dampened
growth. The curbs were largely dismantled in December and the
government has ramped up several measures to ignite economic
expansion.
Wang also urged APEC countries to carry out policy exchanges and
coordination, promote industrial cooperation and infrastructure
investment, assist the least developed economies, and help small
and medium-sized enterprises share development opportunities.
(Reporting by Ella Cao and Bernard Orr; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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