Economic, technological decoupling will only backfire: Chinese FM

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday warned that a certain country's practice of erecting tariff barriers and pushing economic and technological decoupling will only backfire.

Wang made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the national legislature.

"Pursuing protectionism is akin to locking oneself in a dark room; it may keep out wind and rain, but it also shuts out light and air," he said.

Wang said the problems facing economic globalization can only be addressed through more sustainable development and more equitable and effective governance.

Wang said China's vision of promoting an economic globalization that is universally beneficial and inclusive aims to make the pie of economic globalization bigger and, more importantly, divide it more fairly.

The principle is to leave no country behind, and halt the widening wealth gap, Wang said, adding that the pathway is to encourage countries to draw on each other's strengths and share opportunities through economic openness, and pursue common development and mutual success through converging interests.