Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with World Bank President Ajay Banga on March 25 Monday in Beijing, calling for a closer partnership. 

He said China will continue to step up its macro-control and introduce more policies that are conducive to maintaining stable expectations and growth, and foster and strengthen new growth drivers to make more contributions to world economic growth. 

"The fundamentals sustaining China's long-term sound economic growth remain unchanged," Li said. The country is also prepared to safeguard fair competition in an improved manner, protect the legitimate rights and interests of various enterprises, promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and share development opportunities with the world, he said.