Xi pledges greater opening-up

China will continue to ease restrictions on market access, create a more attractive environment for investment, take more measures to protect intellectual property and establish an easier and more orderly environment for domestic and foreign investors, Xi said.

In the past four decades, China has experienced great changes, with its economy growing rapidly and over 700 million people lifted out of poverty by the standards of the United Nations, Xi said. Opening-up has been the key to China's development, he said.

Xi said the global economy still lacks driving forces and trade protectionism has risen. The international community is a global village, and countries should not engage in zero-sum games, he said.