ChinesePremierLiKeqiang,alsoamemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommittee,inspectstheNingbo-Zhoushanport,amajortransitareaforbulkcommoditiesinChina,inNingboCity,eastChina'sZhejiangProvince,May24,2021.LimadeaninspectiontourtothecityofNingboineastChina'sZhejiangProvincefromMondaytoTuesday.(Xinhua/HuangJingwen)HANGZHOU,May25(Xinhua)--ChinesePremierLiKeqianghasunderlinedeffortstofurtheradvancereformandopening-up,strengthenmarketvitalityandactivelydealwithchangingdomesticandexternalsituationsforpushingforwardthecountry'sstableandsoundeconomicdevelopment.Li,alsoamemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommittee,madetheremarksduringhisinspectiontourtothecityofNingboineastChina'sZhejiangProvincefromMondaytoTuesday.WheninspectingtheNingbo-Zhoushanport,amajortransitareaforbulkcommoditiesinChina,Licalledforpayingcloseattentiontothecyclicalchangesintheworldeconomyandcommoditypricefluctuationsintheinternationalmarket.Chinashouldexpandopening-up,furtherpromotethefacilitationofcustomsclearanceandconductfreeandfairtrade,hesaid,addingthatthecountryshouldgivefullplaytotheadvantagesoftheportandusemarket-orientedmethodstoimprovetheimport,storageandtradingofbulkcommodities.Lispokewithmanagersofseveralmanufacturingenterprisestolearnabouttheimpactthatupstreampricechangesinrawmaterialshadhadontheirbusinesses.Hesaidthatrisingcommoditypriceswouldnotonlybringexcessivepressuretolargeandmedium-sizedmanufacturingenterprisesbutalsoaffectthesmall,microandindividualbusinesses,addingthatconsumptionactivitiesdownstreamwouldalsobeaffected.Licalledformakinggooduseofpolicies,suchastaxandfeecutsandinclusivefinancing,tosupportmarketentities,andrampingupmarketregulationtoslowdownthetransmissionofrisingcoststothedownstreamsectors.Enterprisesshouldalsopayattentiontotappingintotheirpotentialsanddrawingoninnovationtorelievecostpressuresandimprovecompetitiveness.Duringhisvisittoagovernmentservicecenterinthecity,Listressedthatthecountryshouldrelievethepressureonenterprises,continueimprovingitsbusinessenvironment,andcreateafairermarketforcompetition.Healsoinspectedatalentresourcemarkettolearnaboutthelocalemploymentsituation.Whilevisitingalocalcompany,heencouragedittodevelopmorenewproductsenjoyedbyconsumers.12NextPageLastPage21