习近平：中国将继续支持自由贸易
China will continue to support free trade, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday when meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde during the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference.
习近平主席周二在博鳌亚洲论坛年会上会见国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯蒂娜·拉加德时表示，中国将继续支持自由贸易。
China is a responsible nation, and a constructor of and contributor to the current international system, the president said.
"We will continue to safeguard the international order and rules, and support free trade and the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment," Xi said.
"The international community should abandon the cold-war mentality and advocate working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind," he said.
China wants to continue to strengthen cooperation with the IMF, Xi said.
He spoke positively of the IMF's important contribution to promoting global economic recovery and growth and maintaining financial stability, as well as its quota and governance reforms to increase the representation and say of developing and emerging market countries.
Xi also praised the IMF for caring about the development of China and Asia and for supporting the Belt and Road Initiative.