Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced....>

CHINA PRESS: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced that China will cut tariffs

for 1585 products from Nov 1 and increase support for foreign investors,

according to the Xinhua News Agency.

  - China should implement "more active" opening up strategies, Li stressed,

while expanding domestic demand amid the current "complicated" domestic and

international environment;

  - China will reduce duties of certain machines in high demand to 8.8% from

12.2%, textile and construction materials to 8.4% from 11.5%, and paper products

to 5.4% from 6.6%, Xinhua reported;

  - China should improve the investment environment for foreign investors,

listing qualified foreign-invested projects in the country's major construction

projects and speeding up approvals for land use and ocean use for these foreign

investors, Li said.