BEIJING (Xinhua): China will work to shorten the negative list on foreign investment and encourage financial institutions to increase foreign trade loans to cope with the impact of the epidemic and keep steady progress in foreign trade and investment.
Sound preparations will be made for the China Import and Export Fair this spring. These were decided at the State Council's executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday .
"Given the severe impact of the epidemic on foreign trade, we must implement targeted policies to arrest the slide in foreign trade and foreign investment, to forestall damage to the wider economy," Li said. Financial institutions will be encouraged to increase foreign trade loans, fully deliver the policy of loan deferment in both principal and interest, and consider further rolling over, through consultations, the loans made to smaller firms deeply affected by the outbreak yet hold promising prospects.
The meeting called for sound preparation for the China Import and Export Fair this spring to bolster cooperation on foreign trade.
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