Chinese PM: China will Surmount Economic Difficulties

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that China will surmount all difficulties confronting the Chinese economy, maintain steady growth, and speed up economic transformation. 
While addressing the Sixth China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries Economic and Trade Forum in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday, Li updated his audience on the latest developments of the Chinese economy, according to (Xinhua) news agency. 
China's confidence in its economic development comes from the country's vigorous efforts to adapt to the economic new normal and pursue supply-side structural reform while appropriately expanding aggregate demand, he said, adding that this has bolstered the internal development momentum of the Chinese economy. 
He said China has consistently followed proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, and adopted new ways of macroeconomic regulation. 
The premier noted that his country has also endeavored to advance economic restructuring and foster new growth drivers through energetic reform, opening-up and innovation. 
Moreover, he said, China sought to apply market-oriented and rules-based methods to forestall and defuse risks. 
Li added that looking ahead, the Chinese economy enjoys great potential, solid strength and ample room for maneuver, saying it is well-positioned to sustain medium-high growth rate and move to medium-high level of development. 
China has every confidence in achieving this goal, said the premier. 
China's development offers the world an opportunity thanks to the ever more open Chinese market, which will surely bring huge business opportunities to global companies including those from the CEE countries, he said, calling for concerted efforts from all sides to build a new type of partnership featuring inclusiveness and reciprocity for a bright future of China-CEE business cooperation.