Zhang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attended a national conference on the development of specialized and innovative SMEs and made inspections in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, from Tuesday to Thursday.
Zhang stressed the support for SMEs in stepping up technological innovation, including their digital, intelligent, and green transformation and integration into global industrial and supply chains. More will be done to help them address difficulties and stimulate their vitality.
During his stay in Hangzhou, the vice premier also visited dams to inspect flood prevention. In crucial periods, authorities should strengthen flood monitoring and emergency response and eliminate safety hazards, he said.
As Typhoon Doksuri is about to make landfall in China, affected areas should take defensive measures such as returning ships to ports and evacuating residents to minimize losses, Zhang said.
rts from leading officials of the Ministry of Commerce and of eight provincial-level regions and spoke highly of the important role of pilot FTZs in China’s reform and opening-up.
Looking ahead, Li said more should be done to improve pilot FTZs, with more achievements made in institutional innovation. He emphasized the need to align with international economic and trade norms, and the importance of higher-level goods trade facilitation, service trade innovation, reform and opening-up in key areas, and new models in cross-border data management, among other issues.