Chinese premier to head to UN, Canada and Cuba as economic worries at home ease
Li Keqiang is to make his first trip outside of Asia in more than a year
Premier Li Keqiang will make his first trip outside Asia in more than a year as economic worries at home ease.
Li was due to attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and pay official visits to Canada and Cuba from September 18-28, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
Li stayed home for about eight months as economic growth slowed, and the country’s stock markets and yuan exchange rate swung wildly late last year and early this year.
Li visited Mongolia in July and Laos earlier this month.
Backed by strong economic indicators for August, Li was set to take the chance at the UN to assure the world that the Chinese economy was on an even keel, observers said.
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Renmin University international relations specialist Shi Yinhong said Li would send the message that the risk of a hard-landing for the Chinese economy had passed.
It’s a good time now for Li to assure the world that it can relax about China