Shanghai: President Xi Jinping pledged to further open China’s economy, declaring the world must “knock down walls” as he opened an annual trade fair in Shanghai.
Xi addressed an audience including French President Emmanuel Macron at the import exhibition, staged annually by China to show its willingness to free up its vast domestic markets in the face of criticism that they are too cosseted by Beijing.
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