China will open more to investors, but want others to be fair

Trade talks: A woman walks past PBoC headquarters in Beijing. The Chinese government is in talks with Japan as well as European and Asean countries about bilateral trade and investment agreements, but is waiting for the new US administration to decide how to move forward on agreements. — Bloomberg

BOAO: China will substantially cut the number of sectors closed to foreign investment, its central bank governor said.

But Zhou Xiochuan of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) also said that as his country opened wider, “we want China to get fair treatment overseas”.