Li said Europe is China's important partner, and Beijing will continue to maintain sound rapports with Europe and the United Kingdom.
"We hope to see a unified and stable EU, as well as a stable and prosperous Britain," the premier said.
The Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, held between June 26 and 28, carries the theme "the fourth industrial revolution and its transformational impact."
Around 1,700 politicians, entrepreneurs, scholars, and media representatives from over 90 countries attended the event.
Premier Li calls for reform to revive world economy
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made proposals on promoting the stable recovery of the world economy at the annual meeting, saying it is imperative to actively carry out structural reform and speed up economic transformation and upgrading.
Efforts should be made to advance fiscal and financial reform, relax regulatory restrictions, promote competition, and support innovation to promote the robust, sustainable and balanced development of the world economy, he said.
"For the world economy to walk out of its woes, the ultimate solution lies in transforming the growth pattern and replacing old drivers with new drivers," Li added, urging all countries to seize the opportunities provided by the new industrial, scientific and technological revolution.
"The stable recovery of the world economy cannot be achieved without efficient and orderly global governance," he said.
Various countries must adopt growth-friendly policies, strengthen macro-policy coordination, advance trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and work together to build a fairer, more just and open international economic system, he said.
New driving force bringing momentum to economy — Premier
It is pleasant to see that China's new driving forces are showing a rapid growth trend and playing a bigger role in guaranteeing employment, increasing income and advancing upgrading, said Li at the opening of the meeting.
"Giving some time, new driving force will bring new momentum to China's economy," Li said.
Li added that China has witnessed the development in reform and innovation as well as adjustment and transformation in the first six months this year.
"Innovation ideas that we initiated (also) contain the theory and spirit of sharing," said Premier.
According to him, a sharing economy is also an economy that contributes to mass innovation. It is available for every individual to participate in and benefit from, and helps generate a proper pattern for income and its distribution.
Li said that the sharing economy provided equitable competition opportunities for everyone, while also boosting the medium-income group and letting individuals reach their full potential to pursue the value of life.
"The further development of globalization and the popularization of the internet have presented a broad stage and extensive space for people to implementing mass innovation and entrepreneurships," Li said.
According to Li, service industry is showing obvious advantage. Intelligent communications, smartphones, new-energy vehicles are growing, tourism, culture, sports, health industries are boosting consumption increase and upgrading.
"Overall, China's economic structure is optimizing, its quality is improving and driving forces accumulating," said Li.
Sharing economy is also mass innovative economy — Li
"Innovation ideas that we initiated (also) contain the theory and spirit of sharing," said Premier Li Keqiang during the opening of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin on Monday morning.
According to Premier Li, a sharing economy is also an economy that contributes to mass innovation. It is available for every individual to participate in and benefit from, and helps generate a proper pattern for income and its distribution.
Li said that the sharing economy provided equitable competition opportunities for everyone, while also boosting the medium-income group and letting individuals reach their full potential to pursue the value of life.
"The further development of globalization and the popularization of the internet have presented a broad stage and extensive space for people to implementing mass innovation and entrepreneurships," Li said.
"By initiating and promoting the mass entrepreneurship and innovation, the innovative ideas and activities are fused together between big enterprises and startups, online and offline, companies and scientific research institutions, for effectively crowdfunding, crowd innovation and crowdsourcing."
By Zhao Huanxin (China Daily). Wu Xiaobo, Cai Muyuan and Liu Zheng contributed to this story.
