Premier Li said an equal development environment for enterprises of varying ownership structures should be created. During his inspection, the Premier took a boat to visit Yushan Islands, where China's largest private investment project - a green petrochemical base - is under construction.

Premier Li expressed the hope that private enterprise should emphasize innovation, quality, and safety to truly create a modernized petrochemical base that has the highest level of internationalization, green and refining integration.

"We should further loosen access permit for private enterprises to participate in important projects, and increase the confidence for private enterprises through policy guidance and support," he said.

Premier Li also visited Zhoushan port and heard about its development plan. He demanded accompanied officials to make overall plans on further expanding opening-up, and turn geographic advantages into competitive advantages for future development.

At Jack Sewing Machine, Premier Li spoke highly of the company’s upgrading from traditional industry to intelligent manufacturing. He encouraged the company to create new competitive advantages through improving technologies, and be the "hidden champion" in the industry through innovation and quality upgrading.

While paying a visit to the human resources industrial park in Taizhou, Premier Li also learned about the situations of the job market and talked with recruitment agencies and job hunters.

Facing the pressure of economic downturn, local governments and departments should put more emphasize on maintaining a stable employment, the Premier said.

To achieve the goal, the economic base should be kept stable, and new driving forces should be developed and expanded, he added.