MOFTEC Official on Foreign Trade, Economic Cooperation in China's WestVice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) Zhang Xiang has urged China's vast western region to take advantage of special characteristics in developing trade and economic cooperation with overseas countries.The west should first of all take advantage of its special industries and map out strategies encouraging exports, first targeting increased added value for its export products, he said. Moreover, the west should map out medium- and long-term policies to attract foreign investment, especially in the reform of state-owned enterprises. The west also should endeavor to create a better investment environment and try to make all state- level economic and technological development zones a success. Zhang noted in particular that the west should take full advantage of its ecological resources and strengthen the construction of its ecological environment. Exports of agricultural products and tourism can become two ways to promote foreign trade and economic cooperation, he said. |
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