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BEIJING, March 25-- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here on Monday met with foreign representatives who were here to attend the China Development Forum 2019, pledging to use the reform and opening up as a driving force to further stimulate market vitality to ensure the healthy development of the Chinese economy. The representatives include heads of some of the world's top 500 companies, scholars from renowned research institutions and representatives of international organizations. During the meeting, Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of management of Daimler AG, IBM chairman Ginni Rometty, BMW CEO Harald Krueger, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques put forward questions to the Chinese premier, to which Li respectively gave replies. Li said that China overall achieved a stable performance while at the same time secured progress in its economic development last year. In the face of new downward pressure, China will continue to vigorously promote countermeasures such as tax and fee reduction and fostering new growth engines. Instead of expanding the deficit and relaxing the monetary policy, China will roll out measures focusing on the market, said Li. Reiterating that China's door will open to the outside world wider and wider, Li said China will strengthen the protection of foreign businesses' legitimate rights and interests. Noting that China's national legislature recently passed the foreign investment law, Li said such a move was aimed at better protecting foreign investment in China through legal means. | 
