BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has vowed to foster a globally competitive open environment for scientific and technological innovations, and expand international exchanges and cooperation, state media reported on Tuesday.
The comments come at a time when the world’s second-biggest economy is trying to nurture new growth drivers, in its bid to restore business confidence after protracted weakness in its property industry.
Speaking at the fifth meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, Xi pledged to build an open…