Vice-Premier Meets Western Forum Participants

Vice-Premier Meets Western Forum Participants

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Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing met Friday afternoon with some participants in the three-day 2001 China Western Forum, which concluded Thursday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Li, also a member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, listened to opinions put forward by the guests, mostly from overseas-funded enterprises.

He also briefed them on China's current economic situation and the development strategy for the western region, and welcomed them to invest there.