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中国国务院总理李强。

Li Qiang: Expand Domestic Demand with Greater Effort and Stabilize the Fundamentals of Foreign Trade

Published at Apr 16, 2025 04:43 pm
Xinhua News Agency reports that on the 15th in Beijing, Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, emphasized the need to calmly and coolly respond to the difficulties and challenges brought about by external shocks, promote consumption with greater effort, expand domestic demand, strengthen the domestic cycle, and further unleash the vitality and potential of the super-large-scale market.

On the 15th, Xinhua News Agency reported that during his research in Beijing, Li Qiang visited the exhibition and sales site of China-made quality export products in Xidan Joy City to understand the situation of exports and domestic sales. He pointed out that the current external environment has undergone profound changes, adversely affecting China's foreign trade exports. All sectors should stabilize the fundamentals of foreign trade through innovative trade methods. Various policies should be utilized to build platforms for foreign trade quality products to explore domestic sales.

He stated that it is necessary to deeply implement special actions to boost consumption, make greater efforts to stabilize employment, promote income growth, and strengthen guarantees, further enhance consumption capacity, boost consumption willingness, cultivate and expand the incremental domestic demand market, and promote healthy competition.

The report stated that Li Qiang at the Beijing Investment & Technology Innovation Community Talent Apartments project site listened to reports on the stock housing revitalization and reuse, and the conversion of commercial housing into talent apartments.

Li Qiang said that acquiring existing commercial housing for use as affordable housing is an important measure to stop the decline of the real estate market and stabilize and improve people's livelihoods. For the current and future periods, China’s real estate market still has great development potential. Efforts should be made to further unleash market potential, focus on promoting the construction of "good houses," accelerate the establishment of new models of real estate development, and promote the steady and healthy development of the real estate market.

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