Beijing has urged global commitment to opening up, while pledging to create more blue ocean markets in a world engulfed by protectionism.
Delivering the opening address to the China Development Forum on Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said, "protectionism is by no means a panacea for solving problems", instead calling for opening up and technological progress to drive new market growth.
"[Now,] power politics is running rampant, acting with impunity; at the same time, calls to uphold fairness and justice continue to grow louder," Li said, without naming any specific countries.
"These seemingly contradictory phenomena reflect, at a deeper level, clashes in ideas and perceptions. In particular, divergences in how we understand some fundamental issues will profoundly shape how countries a
