China needs 'balanced development of imports, exports': commerce minister

China must promote the "balanced development" of imports and exports, its commerce minister said Friday, a day after a key gathering aimed at strategising the country's future policy priorities concluded in Beijing.

"We must promote the balanced development of imports and exports... efforts must be made to expand imports, to meet the needs of industrial transformation and upgrading as well as the needs of people's better lives," commerce minister Wang Wentao told reporters at a press conference.

AFP